Special Relativity:
Person C is at the exact middle of two points A and B like so.
A----------C----------B.
A and B both emit a flash of light that reaches person C at the same time.
Person D is moving at high velocity towards person C and reaches C at the same time that both flashes of light reach C. The flashes are emitted simultaneously for C but not for D.
Beneath A and B there are ramps leading down into a single hole like so:
A-----------B
--\--------/
---\------/
----\----/
-----\--/
when the lights flash they trigger a mechanism at each light which releases a bowling ball at the top of each ramp which is just small enough to fit through the hole at the bottom. So, from the point of view of person C, the bowling balls run into each other at the bottom and neither falls through. From the point of view of person D, one ball is released first, falls through the hole, followed by the second ball.
What's wrong?
Person C is at the exact middle of two points A and B like so.
A----------C----------B.
A and B both emit a flash of light that reaches person C at the same time.
Person D is moving at high velocity towards person C and reaches C at the same time that both flashes of light reach C. The flashes are emitted simultaneously for C but not for D.
Beneath A and B there are ramps leading down into a single hole like so:
A-----------B
--\--------/
---\------/
----\----/
-----\--/
when the lights flash they trigger a mechanism at each light which releases a bowling ball at the top of each ramp which is just small enough to fit through the hole at the bottom. So, from the point of view of person C, the bowling balls run into each other at the bottom and neither falls through. From the point of view of person D, one ball is released first, falls through the hole, followed by the second ball.
What's wrong?
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