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To: freedom9
Time is nothing more than measurement relative to observation.

In everyday terms, the measurement of time compares the duration of the clocked event relative to an agreed-upon standard, such as the motion of the earth, etc.

16 posted on 03/28/2003 6:14:13 PM PST by PatrickHenry (Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas.)
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To: PatrickHenry
"In everyday terms, the measurement of time compares the duration of the clocked event relative to an agreed-upon standard, such as the motion of the earth, etc."

That's right.
But it seems some want to imbue it with a substance.

25 posted on 03/28/2003 6:23:10 PM PST by freedom9
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To: PatrickHenry
In everyday terms, the measurement of time compares the duration of the clocked event relative to an agreed-upon standard, such as the motion of the earth, etc.

Actually, Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once.

77 posted on 03/28/2003 8:26:38 PM PST by freedumb2003 (Peace through Strength)
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