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Oh but there was a metric time! Or at least a decimal one. After the French revolution, some attempts were made to rationalize existing systems of time, the re
by m3at 6y ago
Oh but there was a metric time! Or at least a decimal one.
After the French revolution, some attempts were made to rationalize existing systems of time, the republican calendar [1] being probably the most famous, but hours and minutes were adjusted too [2]. Usage lasted slightly over a decade at the end of the 18th century.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar
[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_time https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_time
- dr_dshiv 6y agoWith a decimal second at 0.84 a current second: 100 decimal minutes per hour and 10 decimal hours per day. But, since alpha brainwaves (the most dominant) are almost exactly 10hz, regular seconds have a naturalness to them. Then again, maybe with decimal seconds, our brainwaves would adjust :)
- timbit42 6y agoIt failed because dozenal is superior.