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By Einstein's definition, time is what clocks measure – but how can we define “clock” without referring to time? This tag is for such philosophical questions about the many unresolved issues concerning time. Though this includes questions about the interpretation of physical theories and concepts, if your question is about what current physics can quantitatively predict or explain, it is probably not about philosophy and therefore off-topic.
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Being alive today: the most improbable coincidence?
If centuries ago one asked “what’s the probability of the specific person R_K being alive on the specific time of June 17 2018”, the odds might indeed be astronomically low. … You are a person, some person, not the specific person someone else was predicting or waiting to exist in a point in time. …
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Being alive today: the most improbable coincidence?
However, what I'm (even) more interested in, is the coincidence of me being alive today
Merriam-Webster defines coincidence as “the occurrence of events that happen at the same time by accident but seem … It doesn’t matter where the spotlight currently is, since questions can be made about any point in time but only in the point in time the spotlight is shinning on. …
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