One of the most remarkable features of the world we live in is that we can make measurements that are consistent across space and time. By “consistent across space” I mean that you and I can look at the outcome of a measurement and agree on what that outcome was. By “consistent across time” I mean that you can make a measurement of a system at one time and then make the same measurement of that system at some later time and the results will agree.
… um, no. We can’t reliably do either of those things. You need to add some qualifiers.
The rest, I didn’t understand. That’s to be expected, though.
Well, I didn’t say we could do it reliably. :-) But we can do it. You can look at something and say, “It’s green” and I can look at the same thing and agree, “Yes, it is green.” And then we can look at the same thing a minute later and say, “It’s still green.” The remarkable fact is not that we can do this 100% of the time, but that we can do it at all.
… um, no. We can’t reliably do either of those things. You need to add some qualifiers.
The rest, I didn’t understand. That’s to be expected, though.
Well, I didn’t say we could do it reliably. :-) But we can do it. You can look at something and say, “It’s green” and I can look at the same thing and agree, “Yes, it is green.” And then we can look at the same thing a minute later and say, “It’s still green.” The remarkable fact is not that we can do this 100% of the time, but that we can do it at all.