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Surely that's just redefining what time means. And the definition seems tautological to me; when you say "movement of matter", that implies a time dimension, si
by atombender 7y ago
Surely that's just redefining what time means. And the definition seems tautological to me; when you say "movement of matter", that implies a time dimension, since you cannot have movement without time. And the phrase "rate of movement" uses a word (rate) that is inherently about time (meters per second, for example).
- GnarfGnarf 7y agoNot really. The rate is movement-to-movement, not a ratio to units of time. So, "meters per second" can be restated as "meters per 0.00001157407 earth rotations" or meters per 15", where 15" is fifteen arc-seconds. Hours and minutes are just placeholders. 0.00001157407 = 1 / (24 hrs * 60 min. * 60 secs) 15" = 360° * 60' * 60" / (24 hrs * 60 min. * 60 secs)
- atombender 7y agoRestating rate as relative to motion doesn't eliminate time, it just redefines it. If you have change, you have time. Sounds like you want to say that time is an emergent property of matter.