Nah, all measurements are metaphors. But I'll ask my daughter who has a PhD in astrophysics. And she's not very agreeable to mysterious, dreamy notions of our material world. For her, there IS an IS.
WC --- On Tue, 9/23/08, Michael Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Michael Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Examining the theory > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 10:53 AM > On Sep 23, 2008, at 11:34 AM, William Conger wrote: > > > 70 degrees F is a metaphor as are all measurements. > > Nah, William. "It's 70 degrees today" is a > statement of a measurement > ("The thermodynamic activity of atmospheric molecules > was recorded at > 70 degrees," etc.) > > But if you say, "Man, it's, like, 70 degrees, you > know": that's a, > like, a metaphor. > > <g>
