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Old 27-February-2006, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by wisp
You are an observer fixed in absolute space...
"Absolute space" is in violation of the conditions of relativity, where - by definition - everything is relative and nothing is absolute.

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We could make the radius bigger than 1 billion light years, which in turn would make it impossible for you to detect the curvature of the moving sagnac observer within the 1km window. ...
But, no matter how much you flatten the circle and no matter how difficult it is to detect that circle over a finite distance, it is still a circle and requires acceleration. The circle traveller cannot be in an inertial frame.
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