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    Without the assumption that bodies exist independently of place, astronomical and other measurements lose their validity.

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    • 1.Valid measurement requires units of comparison with invariant properties.
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    • 2.Rays of light as shortest paths between two points and rigid bodies like meter sticks are the basis of astronomical and distance measurement.
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    • 3.If the assumption that bodies exist independently of place fails, rays of light and rigid bodies no longer have the invariant properties required for valid measurement.
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    • 1.Poincaré demonstrated that geometry is conventional: we can always reinterpret physical facts by adopting a different geometry paired with different physical laws.
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    • 2.If geometric assumptions are conventions rather than empirical necessities, the rigid-body assumption is one choice among empirically equivalent alternatives, not a precondition of measurement validity.
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    • 3.Therefore, measurements retain validity under alternative geometric conventions that abandon place-independence, provided compensating adjustments are made to physical laws.
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    • 1.General relativity establishes that spacetime curvature varies with mass-energy distribution, meaning rigid bodies and light paths are locally deformed in gravitational fields.
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    • 2.Astronomical measurement in relativistic cosmology proceeds successfully by incorporating variable metric structure rather than assuming place-independent rigidity.
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    • 3.The empirical success of such measurements shows that validity requires accurate modeling of metric variation, not the assumption that bodies exist independently of place.
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    The assumption “that bodies exist independently of place” is valid if and only if the properties of bodies remain invariant when moved. That is, if a body changes place, that is a movement, and if the body continues to have the same properties in any different place, then its properties are invariant under transformation. Riemann goes on to say that, without this assumption, the units of comparison that are the basis for astronomical and other measurements — rays of light as the shortest path be
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