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Re: Can science prove time is not real?

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whodat wrote:
> 
> On 3/7/2023 9:53 AM, Timothy Golden wrote:
> > On Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 5:14:38 AM UTC-5, J. J. Lodder wrote:
> >> Sylvia Else <syl...@email.invalid> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 07-Mar-23 6:50 am, The Starmaker wrote:
> >>>> mitchr...@gmail.com wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> why are you using a clock?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Mitchell Raemsch
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Okay, help me with my Time problem...
> >>>>
> >>>> If you got one twin on earth..
> >>>> and his watch sez 12:00pm...
> >>>> and the other twin is on
> >>>> the Moon...and his watch
> >>>> sez 1200:pm
> >>>>
> >>>> and he walks to
> >>>> the otherside
> >>>> of the moom..
> >>>> What time does his watch sez?
> >>>>
> >>>> I mean, is it 12:00pm no matter
> >>>> what time zone he is on the Moon?
> >>>>
> >>>> I mean, is it still the same time
> >>>> whether it is daytime or nighttime on the moon???
> >>>>
> >>>> Is it 12:00pm everywhere on the Moon????
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Time zones are a human invention intended to allow what a local clock
> >>> shows to correspond to approximately the same point in the daily cycle
> >>> regardless of where one is on Earth (very approximately, in the case of
> >>> some parts of China).
> >>>
> >>> Since lunar days are a month long, time zones in the terrestrial sense
> >>> will never be used. Moon bases, if they ever exist, will probably set
> >>> their clocks according the local time of whatever terrestrial entity owns
> >>> the base.
> >> As is already done in permanent stations in Antarctica.
> >> Some stations shift though, with a different time for summer and winter.
> >> Nothing deep there, just practicalities,
> >>
> >> Jan
> >
> > Isn't moon time about 28 Earth days per moon day? That's 672 Earth hours per moon day.
> > Got to mod the dial on your Earth watch a bit. Might need an extra hand too.
> > Probably better just to use unix time.
> 
> You know, this the one instance where scifi could set the newsgroup
> reader's mind at ease. Over the years the various TV series have made it
> clear that wherever the "mission" was in space an arbitrary 24 hour
> artificial day could be successfully established since that is what the
> human being evolved in and an environment we successfully survived in
> from a protohuman state right through to and including homo sapiens.
> 
> Attempting to relegate some sort of a day to local conditions is a
> fools errand. Consider the success of the human being to live north of
> the arctic circle where extremely long periods are of effective daylight
> and similarly long nights.
> 
> "Starmaker" sent those willing to pay attention to him on this fools
> errand. Shame on those who fell for it. Please ignore him in the future.


So your M.O. is..."Do as I say, not as I do.' ...hypocrite. tsk, tsk. shame on you. You're evil. a bad bad boy. Despicable!  






-- 
The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable,
 to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge
 the unchallengeable.

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Re: Can science prove time is not real? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-03-06 11:50 -0800
  Re: Can science prove time is not real? Archimedes Plutonium <plutonium.archimedes@gmail.com> - 2023-03-06 13:44 -0800
    Re: Can science prove time is not real? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-03-07 01:09 -0800
  Re: Can science prove time is not real? "mitchr...@gmail.com" <mitchrae3323@gmail.com> - 2023-03-06 17:36 -0800
  Re: Can science prove time is not real? Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2023-03-07 14:02 +1100
    Re: Can science prove time is not real? "mitchr...@gmail.com" <mitchrae3323@gmail.com> - 2023-03-06 19:28 -0800
    Re: Can science prove time is not real? whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com> - 2023-03-06 22:27 -0600
    Re: Can science prove time is not real? Jim Pennino <jimp@gonzo.specsol.net> - 2023-03-06 20:16 -0800
      Re: Can science prove time is not real? Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2023-03-07 15:48 +1100
    Re: Can science prove time is not real? nospam@de-ster.demon.nl (J. J. Lodder) - 2023-03-07 11:14 +0100
      Re: Can science prove time is not real? Timothy Golden <timbandtech@gmail.com> - 2023-03-07 07:53 -0800
        Re: Can science prove time is not real? whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com> - 2023-03-07 11:47 -0600
          Re: Can science prove time is not real? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-03-07 11:37 -0800
            Re: Can science prove time is not real? whodat <whodaat@void.nowgre.com> - 2023-03-07 20:18 -0600
              Re: Can science prove time is not real? Bill Monti Pavoni <iail@apmnlnoi.co> - 2023-03-09 00:04 +0000
                Re: Can science prove time is not real? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-03-08 22:23 -0800
                Re: Can science prove time is not real? Bill Monti Pavoni <iail@apmnlnoi.co> - 2023-03-09 15:31 +0000
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                Re: Can science prove time is not real? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-03-09 15:33 -0800
                Re: Can science prove time is not real? Bill Monti Pavoni <iail@apmnlnoi.co> - 2023-03-09 23:11 +0000
                Re: Can science prove time is not real? Bill Monti Pavoni <iail@apmnlnoi.co> - 2023-03-10 00:41 +0000
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