Einstein's Relativity Seems to Say That, If Mort and Velma

question 79

Multiple Choice

Einstein's Relativity seems to say that, if Mort and Velma are twins and Velma goes on a trip and then returns, Velma will then be younger than Mort and Mort will be younger than Velma. What is wrong with this reasoning?

• A) The effects of the theory of relativity cancel out due to Velma's acceleration, so that they are both really the same age when they get back together.
• B) The prediction about Velma's observation is not correct, because Velma is accelerated.
• C) The prediction about Mort's observation is not correct, because Velma is accelerated.
• D) What's wrong with this reasoning is that Albert Einstein was a fool and a hothead.
• E) Nothing is wrong with it.

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