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Yuvrajfi6
Jan 6, 2017, 11:49 AM
Why albert einstein named His theory of Gravity as general Relativity because in General relativity one can see the light bending in a Gravitational field(accelerated frame) so he can agree that time is dilated in his frame since light takes a longer(curved) path in his frame which he can see but this is contradictory to Relativity which says that you can't tell in your frame whether time has dilated or not but can in other frame relative to it. But in case of General relativity, one can say in his own accelerated frame that time has slowed down in his frame. So how it is relative?

joypulv
Jan 6, 2017, 03:32 PM
You asked about this a few months ago (sort of) and I thought ebaines' answer was good.
Have you looked for a physics-only blog where hundreds of like minds hang out?
Your sentences are sort of disjointed and rambling. It would help if you could write better.

Yuvrajfi6
Jan 6, 2017, 11:04 PM
What I mean is... like in special relativity.. light clock thought experiment... a person in ground frame see the distance travelled by light in a high velocity (constant) frame more(in light clock) as compared to his own frame's light distance which is at low velocity relative to that. So person in ground frame says that it's the time of high velocity moving frame which has gone slowed down, but a person in high velocity moving frame says that it's the time of ground frame that has gone slowed down. Which is relativity that you can not tell in your own frame whether your own frame's time has slowed down because you cannot see the distance travelled by light in your frame is more. But in General relativity, one standing in accelerated frame/ gravitational field , he himself see the bending of light so he can say in his own frame that light took a long path(as curved if we consider the same light clock experiment) in relative with empty space. So he can say that his time has slowed down and won't see it relatively. Like kind of consistent time dilation, not like relatively. So how this is relativity if you in your own frame can agree on time dilation( cause you are seeing the distance travelled as more as compared to space)?

Yuvrajfi6
Jan 7, 2017, 11:47 AM
Answer... if anyone knows it.. it is a good question..