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RE: Processes and Causality


Dear John,

> >.... It seems to me that the 'possible measurements by a clock'
> >measure time - but are not time. Similarly for 'possible 
> measurements by a
> 
> >rigid ruler'.
> 
> In physics, there is no other definition of time or space.
> They are simply the coordinates that are measured by some
> instruments -- the totality of all possible measurements.
> 
MW: Just as long as time is what is measured, and not the measurement
itself.

Regards  
      Matthew
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