How do I measure a quantity at just one point?

As is well known, there is always a quantity between two present points, but I ask myself:

How can I measure the quantity of a single point in order to mathematically determine the quantity of two points, since a point has no quantity but at most a quality?

So is the following conclusion wrong that, based on this logic, both points must necessarily be present at the same time in order to understand the distance as a quantity?

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CatsEyes
3 months ago

At the same time – it is not possible. Any exchange of information takes place.

CatsEyes
3 months ago
Reply to  Physikraxi

Both the points and the measuring sensors are spatially separated from one another. Thus, every change requires time, no place “white”, which makes the other “present”.

What is measurement Other than an information transmission two points?

In the case of a non-changing gravitation effect, the measured values are only “randomly” identical, but this cannot be reliably known at the measurement time.

CatsEyes
3 months ago

But an acting presence is motionless and limited to the inversely proportional square of distance.

Sure, that’s it. But: Does gravitation not in principle affect a change? At least when masses hang freely? And then any resulting photons are finally the “connection” to the measuring device, what else?

During a measurement which takes place not only at a “time point”, e.g. the position of the measurement object, as long as it is not otherwise “fixed”.

The first measurement and that intensity would only be a quantity if the location of the 2. It is possible to establish a plausible basis.

This is logical, just because measurements are always based on comparison, on differences. In this respect, the quantity results from the difference between at least two measurements, or in the case of only one measurement with an “internal” comparison with a “measurement rod”.

But distances can only be measured by photons, what else? Even with direct contact, electron paths are still touching, which is also an electromagnetic matter. And all electromagnetic in principle includes delay, even with direct contact.

That is why I have a problem of principle with the “timeless present” you mentioned, which cannot in principle exist in our perception. Tiny differences may be neglected, but they do not do so. “Timeless Presence” would be a pure speculation or a bill, with all the related problems.

Maybe you can imagine what you mean by a concrete example?

CatsEyes
3 months ago

Well, that all things you see are also present, that is probably out of question

Absolutely impossible! We see Andromeda as it looked a few billion years ago, and I see the monitor as he looked a few ago we looked pico seconds! This is completely irrelevant in practice. But it is still not exactly present. It’s time for a physicist to take a look.

that no change is possible in the present

If you look at the present as a “real” time, that’s true. But every perception must be a sequence of times, only for reasons written above.

timeless presence

Can you define it more precisely?

CatsEyes
3 months ago

that from this logic necessarily both points at present have to be,

😉 Okay, but here I like to know how you are at present not only to accept, but to establish without doubt.

The rest is vocabulary.

No, I don’t. Just because we assign a special status to a measuring instrument, the “rest” of the universe, together with all natural laws, does not care about it.

CatsEyes
3 months ago

After what you say, any measurement would be unnecessary because it is inconsistent. And especially is not measured as stupid as you want to understand.

That’s wrong, not meant. Rather, there is no absolutely accurate measurement to measure the art is to construct the measuring instruments in such a way that they influence the measuring object as little as possible. But the influence can never be reduced to zero. “Unebstimmable” is nonsense, “Inaccurate” (theoretically) is correct. The fact that this often plays no role in practice does not mean that this inevitable inaccuracy or Falsification does not exist.

Also call me only one measurement method, a measuring device that does not have any influence on the measurement object, be it so small! I’m curious.

Again. Where’s the second point?

There must always be at least two points, be it that the second point is “only” the measuring device. This is the result of the above written by me.

And if you measure two measurement objects, you have at least 3 points that are related to each other, with two measuring instruments even 4.

In practice, the measuring device is not perceived in such a way, unless it is so bad that the resulting deviations are unacceptable for practical calculations, etc.

CatsEyes
3 months ago

Because the spatial points already exist and the effects are therefore always present.

But changes in the measured values are not! Gravi waves also have finite propagation time!

So where is the 2nd point, of the quantity we understand as intensity of gravity when we measure only one point?

The meter is always the other point! Why do you always take the measuring instrument out of consideration?

Measurements are always interactions, each measuring instrument has an influence on the object to be measured. This is really nothing new in all areas of physics.

There is no massless measuring instrument, its Gravi. -Activation also affects the object to be measured. I don’t think so. If you let that out, okay, but that’s why it’s not gone, not ineffective.

CatsEyes
3 months ago

No time will pass during the measurement

Every measurement takes time, how should it go differently? And the path of information from the point to be measured to the measuring device” also takes. Why do you leave this “dark” from the observations?

CatsEyes
3 months ago

But none of the measured values is exactly the current one, but always the one before my picose customers. No measuring device receives instantaneous values.