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    From =?UTF-8?Q?Maciej_Wo=C5=BAniak?=@mlwozniak@wp.pl to sci.physics.relativity on Thu Dec 18 07:33:51 2025
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    Time is what clocks indicate.

    If we synchronize clocks - they're
    indicating t'=t; that's what clock
    synchronization means.

    We can do it - that doesn't have to
    be obvious or easy, but that's definitely
    something we can manage in most
    circumstances (with a good accuracy).

    Now should we do it - and make "what
    clocks indicate" to be t'=t - or should
    we rather give up and obey "Laws of
    Nature" announced by a mumbling crazie?
    Maybe GPS wouldn't work if we didn't,
    but what a magnificient symmetry we
    would have instead it.

    That is the question. Isn't it?
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