[Phys-L] Re: "moving clock runs slower" (not)

[Brian Whatcott <betwys1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>]

At 11:59 PM 9/9/2005, John,  you wrote:
> > If it appears to run slower then that means it runs slower.  Things are what
> > we measure them to be.
>
> I think this position might lead to difficulty in the case I
> described of a clock moving toward you at high speed.  In that case
> the clock APPEARS to run fast, but we MEASURE it to run slow.
>
> John Mallinckrodt
> Cal Poly Pomona


This is a splendid assertion to make.
One translates it to this...
The clock properties which we measure as fast,
  are evidence for a fast clock.
The clock properties which we measure as slow,
are evidence for a slow clock.

Clock properties which we then insert into a worldview,
  are grist for a philosophical, or at best, theoretical position.




Brian Whatcott    Altus OK    Eureka!
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