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Re: Technical details

From Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de>
Newsgroups sci.physics.relativity
Subject Re: Technical details
Date 2026-07-05 06:32 +0200
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Am Samstag000004, 04.07.2026 um 21:21 schrieb The Starmaker:
> Thomas Heger wrote:
>>
>> Am Mittwoch000001, 01.07.2026 um 19:33 schrieb Paul B. Andersen:
>>> Den 29.06.2026 11:05, skrev Maciej Woźniak:
>>>> Well, I'm an engineer.
>>>
>>> Then you know that "time" is what we measure with clocks.
>>
>> that's nonsense, since 'is' (in the statement above) means:
>>
>> the 'thing' we call 'time' would depend on clocks.
>>
>> But that is absolutely untrue.
>>
>> That would be equivalent to:
>> 'the quantity length' would depend on yardsticks.
>>
>> Instead:
>> we have something that we call 'time', which can be measured with clocks
>> (and other devices). But time does not depend on clocks (because clocks
>> are man-made device), but is created as a feature of nature.
>>
>> Our aim is now NOT the measurement of time, but to find out, why and how
>> nature is able to maintain this feature
>>
>> ...
>>
>> TH
> 
> 
> 'In the beginning, ...'
> 
> Nature
> is able
> to maintain
> this feature..
> from the very beginning.
> 
> The Sun
> The Moon
> 

Not quite:

Our solar system is just a little older than a few billion years, while 
the universe itself about three times older (allegedly).

TH

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Technical details Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2026-06-29 11:05 +0200
  Re: Technical details "Paul B. Andersen" <paul.b.andersen@paulba.no> - 2026-07-01 19:33 +0200
    Re: Technical details Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2026-07-01 21:56 +0200
      Re: Technical details "Paul B. Andersen" <paul.b.andersen@paulba.no> - 2026-07-02 13:09 +0200
        Re: Technical details Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2026-07-02 14:11 +0200
          Re: Technical details "Paul B. Andersen" <paul.b.andersen@paulba.no> - 2026-07-02 15:23 +0200
            Re: Technical details Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2026-07-02 15:56 +0200
              Re: Technical details "Paul B. Andersen" <paul.b.andersen@paulba.no> - 2026-07-02 18:57 +0200
                Re: Technical details Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2026-07-02 19:10 +0200
    Re: Technical details Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2026-07-03 08:31 +0200
      Re: Technical details Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2026-07-03 10:21 +0200
      Re: Technical details The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-07-04 12:21 -0700
        Re: Technical details The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-07-04 12:34 -0700
        Re: Technical details Thomas Heger <ttt_heg@web.de> - 2026-07-05 06:32 +0200
          Re: Technical details The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-07-04 23:54 -0700

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