[ExI] speed of light at the speed of light

[John Clark]

On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 5:23 PM, Anders Sandberg <anders at aleph.se> wrote:

>   >>> What you're missing is time dilation.  That is, you appear to react
>> slower to the universe/the universe speeds up from your point of view.
>>
> >> Not necessarily, I'm accelerating and so Special Relativity isn't
> enough, I've got to use General Relativity too;
>
>
> > Actually, this is a case where you can use SR - most textbooks on
> special relativity discuss uniform acceleration.
>

Yes, you are entirely correct, I was being sloppy. You only need General
Relativity if gravity is involved, that is to say when spacetime is not
flat.

  John K Clark
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