• Richard@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Can you cite some literature to back up that claim? Stating that something like acceptable clock synchronisation (a well established and appreciated method in the measurements of physical effects) is impossible in and of itself is something so bold that no one can just take your word for it.

    • InnerScientist@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      It is impossible to synchronize the clocks in such a way that you can actually measure the speed of light with it due to time dilation unless you define beforehand how fast the speed of light is to calculate that time dilation.

      See also This or, more accessibly “Synchronization conventions”