Consistency in relativity

Foundations of Physics 6 (6):681-685 (1976)
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Abstract

The error in Kingsley's attack on special relativity is shown to arise from his failure to actually use the Lorentz transformation. He has instead applied a fallacious symmetry argument to justify the use of time dilation in a situation for which this special case formula is not valid

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