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simple relativity question

Name: Anonymous 2006-08-09 21:45

two people are on a train, they will set their clock, on opposite ends of the train, to 12:00 when a flash is seen emitted from a bulb at the centre of the train, equidistant from each person. An observer watches from a platform, and says that the two events of setting the clock were NOT simultaneous while another observer says that they were. Since each viewpoint is equally valid, when the the people step off the train, what will their clocks actually read? is there a discrepancy or not?

Name: Anonymous 2006-08-17 6:55

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To the stationary observer, the clocks are set at different times, but to the clocks themselves, they are set at the same time. So the clocks will always show the same time.
That doesn't make sense. They are set at different times in the stationary frame, so how could they possibly show the same time?

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