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Twins Paradox

The Twins Paradox is a famous thought experiment showing a confusing potential outcome of time dilation predicted by Special Relativity.

Is there any answer by academics in the threads below (one referencing the other) providing a satisfactory explanation of the Twins Paradox? You be the judge.  To me, these thoughtful answers bring up more new questions than are answered; a tell-tail sign something isn't quite right.

In fact, many predicted responses listed in this Relativity Challenge are well covered.  On a humorous side, a summary of common responses are also addressed in this satire.

Before Einstein's theories of relativity, a universal frame of reference or, commonly known as aether, was generally accepted.  The Lorentz Ether Theory (LET) continues to be a common alternate theory to relativity.  Incidentally, LET does not contain a Twins Paradox.