Some comments on the paper "On the Effects of External Sensory Input on Time Dilation" by Albert Einstein

2012/03/30 by З. К. Силагадзе, Z. K. Silagadze, Silagadze, Z. K.
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paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1203.6773

8 pages, 2 figures, prepared for the April issue of JEST

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Abstract

Einstein's famous 1938 experiment to test relativity of time is plagued by too many ambiguities and does not prove anything. Nevertheless, it is a landmark experiment at the foundation of the modern theory of time perception.

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