Re: ? ? ?

W dniu 09.03.2024 o 08:20, Thomas Heger pisze:

Am 08.03.2024 um 10:10 schrieb Maciej Wozniak:

W dniu 08.03.2024 o 09:12, Thomas Heger pisze:

Am 07.03.2024 um 15:41 schrieb Maciej Wozniak:

W dniu 07.03.2024 o 07:57, Thomas Heger pisze:
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The flow of time is assumed to be constant,

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Assumed by whom?
It usually is, but exceptions happen.
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I personally support the idea of local time, which is always flowing
forward in the local environment, but which is not universal.

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You may support it, it's still stupid.
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I needed this assumption (which stems imho from Poincaré) for my
'book':

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And GPS staff needed the opposite assumption
for their system to work. What do you find
more important - your "book" or working
GPS?

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No, because the GPS does not violate my assumptions.

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Yes, it does. You may pretend it doesn't - it doesn't
impress me the slightest.
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GPS is pyhsically connected to the Earth, hence 'lives' in the same
'time-domain' (uses Earth time).

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What is the range of Earth time, then?

 If timer is local (opposite to 'universal'), than Earth time is valid on Earth or nearby.

So - for every observation made from Earth or nearby?

What kind of object does use time?

 I regard matter as 'timelike stable patterns'.

I don't give a damn to it. So, what kind of objects
does use time? Does a rock do? What for?