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Letter: Two contrasting takes on the nature of time (2)

Published 13 May 2026

From Allan Smith, London, UK

I have to agree with Tim Redman. Time is a human construct for measuring the “now” of successive events. Relativistic events appear so because the working parts of measuring instruments, namely clocks, are what are affected.

Issue no. 3595 published 16 May 2026

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