Re: Motion Through Space Is Meaningful

PD wrote:
> There you go thinking that there is a "true" physical
> rhythm to a clock and a "true" physical length to a rod.

> Tell me, how do you measure the true physical length of
> a rod?

If SR cannot do that, then SR cannot measure even
relative speeds correctly (because true rod length
is needed in order to do that).

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