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Old 06-23-13, 06:23 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by Oberon View Post
Well, to be fair, they're not so much measuring time as they are measuring the effect of time on other objects, such as the rotation of the Earth, the decay of matter, so on.
This is why I am one of those people who believe that "time" is a human perception of a pattern of observable physical changes.

While humans may have similar perceptions of time each is different. That is why we make clocks -- so that we can sync our personal perception of time with that of an agreed upon standard.
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