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Originally Posted by Ken G
It sounds to me like you are confusing a prediction, which is what theories are responsible for, with an explanation, which is what pedagogies are responsible for. As you have no objection to the predictions of special relativity, you obviously are objecting to the pedagogy that involves saying that moving things contract..........
........, then you see there really is no problem with the theory of special relativity after all.
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While I agree with most of your post I take exception to parts.
I would not agree that it is a matter of confusion about prediction and explanation.
I disagree with the predictions including reciprocity. I don't object to any of the predictons which have been tested and emperically confirmed.
But reciprocity of these functions and length contraction have not been tested and there is no direct evidence for their support. It appears there exists a more logical cause for the data than the concept of relative velocity with its reciprocity and creation mathematically of spatial length contraction.