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Re: What is "spacetime" really?
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Originally Posted by Boof-head
No, they don't.
Clocks don't measure a thing; we just tell ourselves "clocks keep track of time", but this isn't really the case, we keep track of time, by looking at a clock, or listening to a talking clock, or seeing where the sun is or how dark or light the sky looks. We're the measurers, measurement isn't something inanimate matter is capable of.
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I disagree.
Clocks count their incremental changes of internal state.
We have lots of machines, simple machines not computers, that can "count".
Turnstyles.
Clocks count time. They do not interpret what it "means".
Humans interpret the measure of time. We give it meaning.
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