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Old 14-04-2010, 12:59 PM
Jarvamundo (Alex)
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Originally Posted by circumpolar View Post
Another way to think about it is that one clock must be under an acceleration (either + or -). This breakes the symmetry.
If both clocks experience the same accelerations then the symmetry between them remains.
So with reference to this twins paradox thought experiment?

How does this differ from the aether style definition, of the moving clock moving through the aether (light carrying medium) and the clock it'self slowing down, because the matter in the clock (electrons, etc etc etc) have to travel further, therefore appears to have 'slowed time'?
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