Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id PAA00573 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Tue, 29 Jan 2002 15:59:08 GMT X-Originating-IP: [137.110.248.206] From: "Grant Callaghan" <grantc4@hotmail.com> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Subject: Re: neccesity of mental memes Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 07:53:21 -0800 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: <LAW2-F9cxxx30ZAoy4u00013a23@hotmail.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Jan 2002 15:53:21.0737 (UTC) FILETIME=[13D9E390:01C1A8DD] Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
>A universal meansurement of length could be, say, multiples of an primary
>particle's (say a proton's, neutron's or electron's) radius. It would
>certainly not be either anthropomorphic, arbitrary (since it is a building
>block of the universe) or changeable.
> >
A popular measure of time is based on comparing the thing being measured to
the vibratory rate of a cessium atom, which changes very little. But it
still compares the motion of A with the motion of B. That's something
that's done in the mind, even though both items used in the comparison are
outside the mind. To the best of my knowledge, the universe doesn't go
around comparing things with each other. What's arbitrary is the items we
choose to compare with each other.
Grant
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