Re:John C. Mather: “There is no first moment of time” (2017)
by joombaga on Monday September 12, 2022 @01:14AM
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The second variation does not seem equivalent to me. If there's no "first moment of time", you should be measuring the [range between negative infinity and one]. Using a fixed point like "zero" is the same as assuming there _is_ a first moment of time.
> even though there’s no first moment of time, we can still measure the age.
> even though there’s no first [positive number after zero], we can still measure the [range between zero and one].
That second variation doesn't seem so contradictory, so maybe the original isn't :)