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Re:Physicists used atomic clocks to test the theory of gener... by kvakkefly on Sunday June 10, 2018 @04:26PM (#17279988)
They are just somewhat different names of the same thing. General relativity includes the special relativity one where special means without accelerated reference frames, i.e. nothing accelerates or is exposed for gravity.
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Re:Physicists used atomic clocks to test the theory of gener... by moefh on Sunday June 10, 2018 @05:32PM (#17280259)
> special means without accelerated reference frames

That's something a lot of people say, but it's not strictly true. Special Relativity is fully capable of describing acceleration in a flat (Minkowski) spacetime[1].

General Relativity is only really needed when there's curvature in the spacetime (gravity).

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceleration_(special_relativi...

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