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Originally Posted by Jarvamundo
"According to the theory, if two observers are equipped with clocks, and one moves in relation to the other, the moving clock runs slower than the non-moving clock. But the relativity principle itself (an integral part of the theory) makes the claim that if one thing is moving in a straight line in relation to another, either one is entitled to be regarded as moving. It follows that if there are two clocks, A and B, and one of them is moved, clock A runs slower than B, and clock B runs slower than A. Which is absurd."
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I disagree with this entirely...nothing happens to any of the clocks in uniform motion, nothing! It is the space and time in which the clocks' resides which changes, certainly not the clocks themselves. Space and time are flexible, not clocks or even trains. This is why tidal forces occur in bodies within a gravitational field; converging frames of reference cause bodies to converge, collide and/or create stresses on molecular bonds. Matter is not changing, the space and time in which matter resides is forcing change...but matter itself creates the properties of the space and time in which it sits...weird!
If the universe were completely empty except for two clocks at either end, billions of light-years away, with no possible way of comparing relativistic events, even through interactions of light, and if these two clock were moving in opposite directions, not knowing which one was really moving (which is a mute point anyway), I believe that there would be no distortion of space and time as there has not been, and cannot be, any interaction. Bring those two clocks close enough for light to interact, and relativistic effects would immediately become apparent (albeit at c).
I feel that the universe is built upon the properties of light, and that light, in fact all matter, carry information in the form of frequencies, and these frequencies can create energetic connections (entanglement) between two separate frames of reference, and these can remain connected until the frequencies are changed (disentanglement); this is yet another reason why String Theory offers me a great deal of logical reasoning, holds the promise of merging relativity with QM.
I know these comments are not verifiable, but that's why I used the words "feel" and "believe"...but nobody knows the truth anyway.