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In article <1992Sep30.073018.13232@nuscc.nus.sg> matmcinn@nuscc.nus.sg (Mcinnes B T (Dr)) writes:
)
)I am holding in my hand a baloney sandwich. I hereby declare that this
)is an instance of a clock. Now I note that as the baloney sandwich
)decreases, so does my hunger. Since time is what a clock measures, I
)deduce that: Time is hunger.
)
)In short, this definition of time is a load of baloney. Time is NOT what
)you measure with a clock. Time is the length of timelike worldlines. Its
)definition has nothing to do with the way you happen to measure it, whic
)h is a mere technological bagatelle.

I don't agree.  Once you've defined a clock (and baloney isn't a clock -
saying baloney is a clock is a bunch of baloney!) you've also defined time.
The difference is clocks are (more) concrete than an abstract concept such
as time, and generally much easier to talk about, at least with serious
people of reasonably good will.