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With apologies to Douglas Adams… Time is an illusion. Sunset time doubly so. We already pick arbitrary times for sunset twice a year. Nobody has to move anywhe
by eyelidlessness 3y ago
With apologies to Douglas Adams… Time is an illusion. Sunset time doubly so.
We already pick arbitrary times for sunset twice a year. Nobody has to move anywhere to pick one arbitrary time for sunset and leave it that way. There’s nothing inherently “correct” about setting the time based on where the sun is positioned in the sky at “noon”, sometimes, from certain arbitrary points of observation.
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- not_the_fda 3y agoSunset isn't arbitrary, Its defined as the time the sun transitions below the horizon of your location. Its time varies based on where you are on earth and where the earth is in relation to the sun, but its not arbitrary.
- eyelidlessness 3y agoThat’s not what I said was arbitrary. The time we assign to it is arbitrary. It already is arbitrary, there isn’t any “correct” time of day to assign to it at any location. To the extent assigning a time at all serves a particular purpose, it’s a social purpose, and its assignment should be based on that.