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Mustard Watches (1990)

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Re: Mustard Watches (1990)

#6
Theorems 1 and 2 are a little weak. For theorem 1, once a mustard watch reaches a sufficiently enormous size, material weaknesses become relevant problems to overcome, and it is not clearly shown that adding a few more grains will in fact allow the watch to still operate. And theorem 2 doesn't discuss how much time is needed to measure the current time. I'm not entirely sure this has been peer reviewed. No notes on theorem 4, though.

Re: Mustard Watches (1990)

#8

What precisely is the complaint the actual author is making wrt temporal logic? Surely it is more than the assertion that there is no such canonical one? I can’t decode French elitism.

I think it’s the lack of mustard. From the first paragraph: “what is the point of knowing time if you cannot get mustard?”
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