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hinkleyyesterday at 7:39 PM1 replyview on HN

Einstein was worried about whether people in two different relativistic frames would see cause and effect reversed.


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emptybitsyesterday at 7:49 PM

Wild. My layperson mind goes to a simple example, which may or may not be possible, but please tell me if this is the gist:

Alice and Bob, in different reference frames, both witness events C and D occurring. Alice says C happened before D. Bob says D happened before C. They're both correct. (And good luck synchronizing your watches, Alice and Bob!)

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