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“We never really see time. We see only clocks. If you say this object moves, what you really mean is that this object is here when the hand of your clock is here, and so on. We say we measure time with clocks, but we see only the hands of the clocks, not time itself. And the hands of a clock are a physical variable like any other. So in a sense we cheat because what we really observe are physical variables as a function of other physical variables, but we represent that as if everything is evolving in time.”

Ifs Mean Hands Moving Science Time Objects Function Evolve Clock Cheat Really Mean Measurement Variables

Author:Carlo Rovelli

“Analogue. A part or organ in one animal which has the same function as another part or organ in a different animal.”

Different Science Differences Animal Function Organs Nomenclature Different Animals Analogue

Book:On the Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton

Source: On the Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton

“Homologue. The same organ in different animals under every variety of form and function.”

Different Form Science Differences Animal Function Variety Organs Nomenclature Different Animals

Book:On the Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton

Source: On the Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton

“Superficially, it might be said that the function of the kidneys is to make urine; but in a more considered view one can say that the kidneys make the stuff of philosophy itself.”

Said Philosophy Might Science Stuff Views Function Kidneys

Author:Homer Smith