There is no paradox and no faith required. What it is saying is that there is no fixed point of reference, so mathematically you would get the same result, regardless of who was stationary and who was moving "Relative" to the other. On 25 September 2011 17:45, Electron wrote: > > PS: sorry with Ether I mean Aether.. my ItalianEnglish has striken back := D > > >>By the way, could anybody explain this (IMHO) Relativity paradox? >> >>first of all: >>"Ether doesn't exist" =3D TRUE, relativity says. OK. >> >>now, I am in a spaceship, I orbit around the Earth at very high >>speed for a certain time, when I'm back home all other people >>(which resided on the Earth) look older than I am. Thus time in >>my spaceship was slowed, or on the Earth it was quickened. >>But relativity says that it could have been the Earth to orbit >>very quickly around my spaceship, or my spaceship around it.. >>as all is relative and NO ETHER (fixed space coordinates) EXISTS! >> >>To me this sounds very contraddictory! >> >>Is there any convincing explanation for that, that doesn't break >>neither relativity theory nor asks me to have faith in something? >> >>Cheers, >>Mario > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .