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Feb 8, 2023 at 23:33 comment added Quillo Moreover, length contraction is such that nothing happens to the rod: it proper length is unchanged (the same for its proper density, so no collapse) physics.stackexchange.com/a/270063/226902
Feb 8, 2023 at 23:24 comment added Quillo Good answer is this one: physics.stackexchange.com/a/3465/226902
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May 17, 2012 at 15:03 comment added Qmechanic Generally speaking (i.e. not just this question), in the spirit of SE regulations to avoid duplicates, OP (and potential answerers) are encouraged to try to detect duplicates by doing site searches before posting, cf. the faq. If a new question is a duplicate, it seems most logical if new answer are placed at the original post in order not to promote the new duplicate unnecessarily.
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May 17, 2012 at 3:29 vote accept someone_ smiley
May 16, 2012 at 14:38 comment added dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten BTW--@John, if you can't raise enough interest to re-open this question, you can flag it to be considered for merging with the possible duplicate. Or you can just leave your answer here: the question will still show up in search, people can still vote on it, and the OP can still accept your answer if (s)he is happy with it. My take is that this is the better version of the question but that they are duplicates.
May 16, 2012 at 14:18 comment added John Rennie Well thanks a bunch, you closed the question six minutes after I'd put a lot of effort into answering it!
May 16, 2012 at 14:11 history edited CommunityBot
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May 16, 2012 at 14:11 history closed Mark Eichenlaub
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May 16, 2012 at 14:05 answer added John Rennie timeline score: 31
May 16, 2012 at 11:39 comment added Willie Wong Fundamentally the problem is that you are trying to apply simultaneously Newtonian gravity, special relativity, and general relativity. The paradox basically says that your assumption that all three can be applied to the same system at the same time is daft.
May 16, 2012 at 8:44 comment added John Rennie I don't think the answers to the previous question actually answer the question. They all just basically say "it would contradict the principle of relativity" and that's no answer. I was tempted to post saying "it's because the Riemann tensor is co-ordinate invarient" but that's a glib answer as well. What I would like to see are some calculations showing me why a black hole can't form (obviously it can't!). I've so far given it one five minute tea break's thought but without any significant progress - maybe my lunch hour will be enough :-)
May 16, 2012 at 8:03 comment added Ron Maimon @JohnRennie: But the answers to the first completely answer the second, this is a dup, you don't want to make people repeat text verbatim.
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May 16, 2012 at 6:01 comment added John Rennie Not really a duplicate. This question doesn't mention the "mass increase" but instead only mentions the length contraction.
May 16, 2012 at 4:39 history asked someone_ smiley CC BY-SA 3.0