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SlabTime was decimalised at the moment it left orbit ''(see [[PD]])'', there being no further reason to link personal sleep/wake cycles to what was already an | SlabTime was decimalised at the moment it left orbit ''(see [[PD]])'', there being no further reason to link personal sleep/wake cycles to what was already an inappropriately enforced day/night routine. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Experiments had discovered, as far back as the 1980's that when deprived of any clues as to the day/night cycle, most people eventually settled into an approximate 27 hour rhythm. | Circadian rhythm related sleep disorders had been growing at an alarming rate since the mid 20th century<ref> . Experiments had discovered, as far back as the 1980's, that when deprived of any clues as to the day/night cycle, most people eventually settled into an approximate 27 hour rhythm. Even lower order mammals displayed remarkable natural resonance with the 27 hour cycle (+/- variation) even when neurons were confined to a [Petri Dish][http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v5/n5/full/nn843.html]. | ||
Clearly, something was wrong. Typical sayings and quotations indicated the popular knowledge of the day and was, of course a | |||
* I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired | |||
* There are not enough hours in the day | |||
==Explanatory Theories== | |||
There are two main hypotheses for the 27 hour cycle; | |||
* The Earth has encountered several catastrophic meteor/cometary events during it's history. It is possible that these may have had the effect of increasing the angular velocity of the planet and thereby shortening the day. However for this circadian rhythm to still be part of our genetic memory, would require underlying human behavioural patterns to remain unchanged for more than 250 million years. <ref>Considered unlikely</ref>. | |||
* The human [[soul]] comes from a planet with a 27 hour day/night cycle<ref>Considered [[Blocks]]- recent investigation has shown that [[Home]] isn't actually a planet at all, but some form of gaseous nebula which rules out a day/night cycle completely. | |||
==Base units== | |||
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI SI] unit of time is the second (s). By the time Slab left Earth it was just way too complicated to change that | |||
It was decided as part if the [[Initial Design]] for SlabWide systems that the SI unit [second | |||
==Controversy== | ==Controversy== | ||
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The fact that time decimalisation was sponsored by media conglomerates has never been disputed. | The fact that time decimalisation was sponsored by media conglomerates has never been disputed. | ||
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Revision as of 11:45, 28 April 2007
SlabTime was decimalised at the moment it left orbit (see PD), there being no further reason to link personal sleep/wake cycles to what was already an inappropriately enforced day/night routine.
History
Circadian rhythm related sleep disorders had been growing at an alarming rate since the mid 20th centuryCite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag.
- ↑ Considered Blocks- recent investigation has shown that Home isn't actually a planet at all, but some form of gaseous nebula which rules out a day/night cycle completely.
Base units
The SI unit of time is the second (s). By the time Slab left Earth it was just way too complicated to change that
It was decided as part if the Initial Design for SlabWide systems that the SI unit [second
Controversy
While there are many well documented, biological reasons for the length of the SlabDay, it has been frequently pointed out that the extra hours were all added during 'peak time' which greatly benefited the media who had been lobbying for longer peak time slots on Earth for decades.
The fact that time decimalisation was sponsored by media conglomerates has never been disputed.