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Re: Can science prove time is not real?

From Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid>
Newsgroups sci.physics.relativity, sci.physics
Subject Re: Can science prove time is not real?
Date 2023-03-07 15:48 +1100
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On 07-Mar-23 3:16 pm, Jim Pennino wrote:
> In sci.physics Sylvia Else <sylvia@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.
>>
>> Sylvia.
>>
> 
> That is what has been done to date, but see this:
> 
> https://scitechdaily.com/what-time-is-it-on-the-moon-advancing-a-new-lunar-timezone/
> 
> 

A common reference time is clearly useful, but at this point it probably 
makes more sense to use Earth based atomic time. But even then, there's 
no reason for wall clocks on the Moon to track that exactly. They'll 
probably still be based on the local time of the terrestrial owner.

Sylvia.

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Can science prove time is not real? "mitchr...@gmail.com" <mitchrae3323@gmail.com> - 2023-03-06 10:52 -0800
  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? Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> - 2023-03-07 14:02 +1100
      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? Maciej Wozniak <maluwozniak@gmail.com> - 2023-03-06 23:07 -0800
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                Re: Can science prove time is not real? Bill Monti Pavoni <iail@apmnlnoi.co> - 2023-03-10 00:41 +0000
    Re: Can science prove time is not real? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-03-07 01:09 -0800

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