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ram1024 said:so here we have emitted simultaneously, and DETECTED simultaneously, despite difference in relative position to the emitters of the photons.
Hold on: I thought both observers were located at the midpoint of the train. In other words, I thought that both of them were equidistant from the sources. If not, then they certainly will not both report having received the light pulses simultaneously. This has nothing to do with Einstein vs. Galileao, it's simple geometry.
i thought SR was supposed to claim non-simultaneity for moving towards a light source vis-avis Case#3 post 1?
It is nonsimultaneous for observers in a different inertial frame. But you set this up so that the clocks, the emitters, and the observers are all in the same frame, so SR effects don't even show up. They won't show up until a third party, who is moving relative to the frame of the original observers, enters the scene.