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    Supports→Weyl's gauge theory cannot be refuted by Einstein's objection about atomic clocks and meter sticks

    Atoms, clocks, and meter sticks are complex dynamical objects whose behavior in arbitrary gravitational and electromagnetic fields can only be inferred from a detailed dynamical theory of matter

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    Dynamical objects(describing atoms, clocks, and meter sticks)
    Things that change and move over time according to physical laws, rather than staying still or unchanging.
    Dynamical theory of matter(as the detailed framework needed to understand complex objects)
    A scientific explanation of how the tiny particles that make up everything move, interact, and change under different conditions.
    Electromagnetic fields

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    Invisible forces created by electricity and magnetism that push and pull on charged particles and objects.
    Gravitational fields(as one type of force that affects how objects behave)
    The invisible force of gravity that surrounds massive objects like planets and pulls other things toward them.
    Inferred(as used in epistemology)
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    However, in 1918 it was still possible for Weyl to defend his theory in the following way. In response to Einstein’s criticism Weyl noted that atoms, clocks and meter sticks are complex objects whose real behavior in arbitrary gravitational and electromagnetic fields can only be inferred from a dynamical theory of matter. Since no detailed and reliable dynamical models were available at that time, Weyl could argue that there is no reason to assume that, for example, clock rates are correctl

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