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> I hope that we can stop trying to sync noon to the local sun at some point. Humans have circadian rhythms that have health effects: * https://en.wikipedia.o
by throw0101a 6y ago
> I hope that we can stop trying to sync noon to the local sun at some point.
Humans have circadian rhythms that have health effects:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronobiology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronobiology
See my comment linking to various position papers of the scientists who study in this field:
* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26088541 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26088541
They generally want to get rid of DST completely and stick with Standard ("winter") Time all year round. (I don't know enough to gainsay them.)
- kevincox 6y agoI'm not saying that we shouldn't sync our schedules to the sun, I'm saying that we should sync time to the sun. So in Toronto I can wake up at 12:00 and in London people can wake up at 8:00. It just changes the number on the clock.