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OneEye
Sohomore = Gk. Soph- (wise) + moros (fool).
I don't doubt that this question has been posited in this forum any number of times, and so I apologize if I am being a chore to anyone, but...
In response, the sophomore cracks: "Relative to what?"
How does the professor answer the sophomore?
I don't doubt that this question has been posited in this forum any number of times, and so I apologize if I am being a chore to anyone, but...
Dr. Einstein, Relativity, 37
As a consequence of its motion the clock goes more slowly than when at rest. Here also the velocity c plays the part of an unattainable limiting velocity.
In response, the sophomore cracks: "Relative to what?"
How does the professor answer the sophomore?