Full Idea
It is necessary and, I suppose, a priori that if time passes at all it passes at one second per second. …Similarly, the fair exchange rate for a dollar must be a dollar.
Gist of Idea
If time passes, presumably it passes at one second per second
Source
Tim Maudlin (The Metaphysics within Physics [2007], 4.1)
Book Reference
Maudlin,Tim: 'The Metaphysics within Physics' [OUP 2007], p.112
A Reaction
[He is discussing Huw Price on time] This is a reply to the claim that if time passes it has to pass at some rate, and 'one second per second' is ridiculous. Not very convincing, even with the dollar analogy.