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Lengths contraction does not reduce amount of rotations.Time dilation makes.
I think we're stuck at this point with all of us maintaining our positions, except to say, that I fully understand the mainstream views tabled so far, but I still see a massive contradiction between the assertion that both clocks appear red shifted and the fact that there is an inevitable blueshift one way, however "invisible" this may be from any observation.
I think this abdication of interest was a feint.
net overall effect is a relative redshift of the moving clock, but a relative blueshift of the stationary one.
but until someone can answer the above concerns without simply throwing the party line at me, then I will continue to have these ideas.
Imatfaal,The statement that intrigues me most is;- "The redshifting/slow ticking is not solely an artifact of the time dilation."I am interested in why you believe this to be so?
Simplified,Do I take it you mean that length contraction cannot explain the difference in clock hand rotations, whereas time dilation can?If so, then I agree. The implication from this idea is that time dilation must be real as well as relative, because it has a real and permanent effect from one frame to another, whereas length contraction cannot be real because this does not have a permanent effect from one frame to another. Length contraction is therefore purely relative, an illusion.Are we beginning to think the same?