Special Relativity’s Twin Paradox – Part 2
| Article | |
|---|---|
| Title | Special Relativity’s Twin Paradox – Part 2 |
| Author(s) | Nick Percival |
| Published in | Beyond Mainstream |
| Date | 2019-03-09 |
| Subject area | Physics |
| Topics | twin paradox, special relativity |
Read online | Read the full article |
Archived copy | Archived version |
| Retrieved | 2026-07-23 |
"Special Relativity's Twin Paradox – Part 2" is an article by Nick Percival published on 9 March 2019 on Beyond Mainstream.
Percival's contention is that the twin paradox has been marked solved and filed away rather than actually resolved. He makes the case through an extended analogy with the 2007 comedy Hot Fuzz, in which a conscientious officer posted to the safest village in the country is ridiculed for suspecting that a fatal accident was nothing of the kind — and turns out to be right. The parallel he draws is with a discipline that treats continued questioning as evidence of crankery.