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You don't even have to introduce culture. "We built a simple time system a long time ago. Some of its initial assumptions were wrong and we've been patching it
by probably_wrong 4y ago
You don't even have to introduce culture. "We built a simple time system a long time ago. Some of its initial assumptions were wrong and we've been patching it up as we go ever since". I'm sure the aliens have a word for "technical debt".
Also, dividing the day into 24hs is kind of genius. Sure, 10 is nice, but good luck dividing it neatly into 3 parts.
- perilunar 4y agoIt's a shame though that a circle is not 24° (or 240°) instead of 360°. Having °'" match h'" would have been cool.
- collinmanderson 4y agoThe 360 probably came from an approximation of the number of days in a year.