Kevin Birth <kevin.bi...@qc.cuny.edu> wrote: |the policy has on specific systems. There has been far less \ |discussion, much less empirical investigation, about the cultural \ |impact. The cultural effects are far more difficult to ascertain \
>From my side: this is my impression. |because the cultural impact of the leap second is mediated \ |by western timekeeping which overlays many, many other time \ |reckoning systems and cultural timescales in the world. As \ In the trail of many other things timekeeping too. |I've pointed out before, most Muslims determine their prayer \ |times by using a software application that is designed by \ |those who know the traditional methods of time reckoning and \ |translate these into clock times tied to specific latitudes \ |and longitudes. It is a big world with many cultures and \ I'm no longer that integrated, but from earlier years i know no Muslim that uses software for that, not even watches. My impression was that of inner clocks, or gut feelings shall that be liked better. I like that, even earlier it was a completely new experience for me as a success-oriented german that other young boys *stop* from whatever we / they are doing and instead turn to something (apparantly) completely immaterial. I've read «Eric» from Doris Lund already but that describes a deadly disease, and the way after it was detected. |it is difficult to tell what the cultural impact of eliminating \ |the leap second will be. For that matter, we still have an \ |incomplete understanding of the cultural impact of mean time \ |(and consequently, UTC). Well, and maybe values are lost before they are even discovered. This seems to be a quite common idiosyncrasy these days. I wonder wether i could have emerging feelings for TAI... But no, i don't think so. --steffen _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs