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Re: Can science prove time is not real?

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On 3/7/2023 1:37 PM, The Starmaker wrote:
> 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!

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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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