Natural Time (actual time) Scientific fact. Not social convention. 03/14/2021 -------------------------------------------------- Choosing between natural time and false time as the permanent clock system has nothing whatsoever to do with the balance between morning and evening lightness or darkness. Public and private entities set their hours of operation as they see fit, which is all that's needed to create any particular balance between morning and evening lightness or darkness. In fact, public and private entities regularly fiddle with their hours of operation, regardless of whether false time or actual time is in effect. If you change the clocks, nothing prevents them from changing their hours of operation, nullifying your change. Why would you want to set a baseline for them to work with that is purposely one hour off. For that very same reason, the question as to whether actual time or false time ought to be the permanent clock system has nothing whatsoever to do with anyone's health. Those who say it does are being as ludicrous as those who support false time. -------------------------------------------------- The time of day is not a social convention. There is nothing arbitrary about how the 24-hour clock was established. It's one thing to have never given it any thought. But to those who think they can actually defend false time I say: If you don't know what you're talking about, then sit on your hands. The earth does rotate on its axis, after all. Did you not attend kindergarten? The time of day is a scientific fact for the same reason that the earth's rotation relative to the sun is a scientific fact. The sun is precisely midway between sunrise and sunset, time-wise and arc-length-wise, when at its highest position, every day of the year, everywhere on Earth. That is why high noon is 12 o'clock. And it is why midday is 12 o'clock. And it is why natural time is the only rational target within the constraints of geo-political boundaries. Such boundaries might introduce some error, as will the width of a time zone. Adding error to any such error cannot be justified. There's no justification for calling high noon 1:00, or for calling any other hour of the day anything other than what it is. Change the hours of operation, not the clock. My clocks show the correct time and I communicate the time accordingly. ------------------------------------------------------ I can see the elementary school children being told by their teachers that there are 24 hours in a day and that midday is 1:00. All the children will know that 24 divided by 2 equals 12, and they will all think that adults must be severely mentally retarded.
The correct time, every day of the year:
Current time in Minneapolis
Roger Luebeck © 2021