This thread was inspired by the Spring Equinox thread here: http://www.gatefans.net/gforums/threads/the-spring-equinox-the-beginning-of-spring.27799/
Gatefan76 pointed out that there are 13 lunar cycles per year, and after looking into it, timekeeping became suddenly crystal clear in terms of the Ancient World. There were no watches, no giant artificial clocks in towers, and no technology to "keep time" as we know it today. But the solar system, indeed the entire galaxy is a clock itself. It cycles with surprising accuracy and predictability. There are exactly thirteen 28-day cycles (13 full moons) per actual year.
From the beginning of this study, I noticed that things began to get out of sync when people started being organized into nations (instead of tribes). Individual families and tribes merely told the time by observing it in the physical world. By noting the positions of constellations and marking positions of the rising (or setting) sun, the time of the year could be determined by an observer. The time of day was easily tracked by observing the cast of a shadow from a natural or artificial sundial.
At some point, Man started messing around with timekeeping, attaching superstitions and political things to it. Today, our calendar and timekeeping solutions are utterly and completely disconnected from the physical reality and natural cycles of "actual" time. We no longer understand that "time" is a construct based upon our existence on THIS planet and it's rotational periods and relationship to other celestial bodies which can be observed from it's surface.
Time exists only as a construct. The continuum of existence is not a set of dates or times, it is an uninterrupted existence and things only SEEM to "move through time". Day and night give the illusion of demarcation as does the sleep cycle. But in reality our existence is in an "always on" mode. The concept of time travel is fantasy.
Lets discuss!
Gatefan76 pointed out that there are 13 lunar cycles per year, and after looking into it, timekeeping became suddenly crystal clear in terms of the Ancient World. There were no watches, no giant artificial clocks in towers, and no technology to "keep time" as we know it today. But the solar system, indeed the entire galaxy is a clock itself. It cycles with surprising accuracy and predictability. There are exactly thirteen 28-day cycles (13 full moons) per actual year.
From the beginning of this study, I noticed that things began to get out of sync when people started being organized into nations (instead of tribes). Individual families and tribes merely told the time by observing it in the physical world. By noting the positions of constellations and marking positions of the rising (or setting) sun, the time of the year could be determined by an observer. The time of day was easily tracked by observing the cast of a shadow from a natural or artificial sundial.
At some point, Man started messing around with timekeeping, attaching superstitions and political things to it. Today, our calendar and timekeeping solutions are utterly and completely disconnected from the physical reality and natural cycles of "actual" time. We no longer understand that "time" is a construct based upon our existence on THIS planet and it's rotational periods and relationship to other celestial bodies which can be observed from it's surface.
Time exists only as a construct. The continuum of existence is not a set of dates or times, it is an uninterrupted existence and things only SEEM to "move through time". Day and night give the illusion of demarcation as does the sleep cycle. But in reality our existence is in an "always on" mode. The concept of time travel is fantasy.
Lets discuss!
Indiana needed to stay in one time zone to be able to more efficiently conduct business, etc. It used to drive my elderly mom crazy trying to figure out what time zone we were in (eastern time for /12 the year, then central time for the other 1/2) . I really don't care abt DST but you can't constantly say yes we have DST then change your minds a few years later. Indiana actually observed it until the 1970's then got rid of it - went to eastern time zone year around and have now re-instituted it. The debate here should be are we in the eastern time zone or the central time zone.
It sure is true that time really flies when you are having a good time.