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    It is not the case that Simpler physical processes, such as the propagation of light waves, would be preferable to rigid rods and clocks as indicators of the metric field.

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    • 1.Light propagation presupposes the very metric structure it is meant to indicate, making it epistemically circular as a foundational indicator.
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    • 2.Reichenbach's conventionalist analysis shows that light-based metric determination requires prior coordinative definitions that are no less conventional than rod-and-clock stipulations.
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    • 1.Eddington argued that material rods and clocks, being composed of matter governed by field equations, are self-authenticating probes of the metric in a way that wave propagation, requiring medium-independent assumptions, is not.
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    • 2.Simplicity of a physical process does not entail epistemic priority if the simpler process depends on more theoretical assumptions to yield metric information.
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    • 1.Rigid rods and clocks play an indispensable practical role as indicators of the metric field.
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    • 2.Simpler processes are preferable for indicating the metric field when available.
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