Authors: J. N. Percival
This paper reviews the 100+ year dispute regarding the philosophical basis and physical interpretation of Einstein’s special theory of relativity (STR). The Dingle-Popper debate is analyzed. Dingle asserted that STR could not be “symmetric, physical and consistent”. Popper gave his rebuttal. More recently, Dotson also contested Dingle’s claim. Taking Dotson’s analysis to a much deeper level, it’s shown that Dingle (and Einstein) were correct. In addition, careful analysis shows that one cannot consistently interpret STR’s time dilation as describing actual proper time accumulation. Further still, STR’s time dilation equation even when interpreted as describing “just observed” time is not consistent with GPS data.
Comments: 9 Pages. Copyright 2014 by J. N. Percival
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