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Re: Can science prove time is not real?

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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.

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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
                Re: Can science prove time is not real? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2023-03-09 11:51 -0800
                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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