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Why do anything with them?
by saalweachter 4y ago
Why do anything with them?
- frosted-flakes 4y agoYou can't just disappear them into the void. The length of a year is not something we can control.
- saalweachter 4y agoWe've changed the length of a year several times in history, what's one more?
- frosted-flakes 4y agoThe length of a year is determined by the earth's orbit around the sun. Sure, you can make a calendar that isn't actually a year long, and then correct the errors that accumulate every once in a while, either by inserting a few months every few hundred years, or by adding a leap day every 4 years, but why would you intentionally make a calendar that isn't a year long? Leap days are unavoidable, but seasons drifting out-of-sync are not.
- otikik 4y agoWe can define a year however we want, but then planet Earth will answer "Ok, then my new orbit is 0.95434 years".
- NoGravitas 4y agoBecause if you don't, the seasons and the months will drift out of sync with each other. And you don't even get the benefits of a lunar calendar as a tradeoff, because your weeks are shorter than 1/4 of a lunar month, and your months are two days longer than a lunar month.
- saalweachter 4y ago> Because if you don't, the seasons and the months will drift out of sync with each other. And? > And you don't even get the benefits of a lunar calendar as a tradeoff What are the benefits of a lunar calendar? And it's not like our 7-day week actually stays in sync with the moon, it's just approximately the same length.
- happyopossum 4y ago> And? People like predictability for planning things like travel, holidays, school, etc.