In the theory of electric fields it is assumed that points have meaning. ...Physicists using general… — Lee Smolin
In the theory of electric fields it is assumed that points have meaning. ...Physicists using general relativity... cannot speak of a point, except by naming some features of the field lines that will uniquely distinguish that point. ...the network of relationships evolve with time... constantly changing.
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Time is described only in terms of change in the network of relationships that describes space.
There is no time apart from change. There is no such thing as a clock outside the network of changing relationships. ...one can only compare how fast one thing is happening with the rate of some other process.
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