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the scientific nature of a "second"

genkakugenkaku Northampton, Mass. U.S.A. Veteran
edited July 2013 in General Banter
Nice Al Jazeera video.

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  • DavidDavid A human residing in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Ancestral territory of the Erie, Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat, Mississauga and Neutral First Nations Veteran
    That's interesting but given the ramifications of changing the duration of a second, wouldn't we have to design an updated calendar and scrap the current one eventually? Time isn't free afterall.

    I thought maybe the video was going to talk about finding the smallest increment of time. I doubt we will ever find the smallest of the small.

  • ZeroZero Veteran
    ourself said:


    given the ramifications of changing the duration of a second, wouldn't we have to design an updated calendar and scrap the current one eventually?

    Currently, we seem to be gaining a second every 100,000,000 years - the calendars are safe either way.
  • CittaCitta Veteran
    Zero said:

    ourself said:


    given the ramifications of changing the duration of a second, wouldn't we have to design an updated calendar and scrap the current one eventually?

    Currently, we seem to be gaining a second every 100,000,000 years - the calendars are safe either way.
    I THOUGHT it wasn't just me !
  • DavidDavid A human residing in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Ancestral territory of the Erie, Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat, Mississauga and Neutral First Nations Veteran
    That's a drag. We could do with some kind of major change.
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