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[–] ech@lemm.ee 20 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I mean, technically, a day passing doesn't explicitly need the sun as it is a measure of the rotational speed of the Earth (ie time), not the position of the sun in the sky. The latter was/is simply used to measure the former.

[–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

That's not really a fair/honest argument when the concept of a day existed long before humans knew the earth was rotating. Originally, a day was defined as the rising and setting of the sun

[–] ech@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm not really arguing anything, just pointing it out.

[–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I know. I saw it as a funny akshually moment. I used argument, for lack of a better word

[–] ech@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago
[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

To humans, before we discovered the concept of rotations around the sun, you are correct. But for an advanced being/race that had the power to create universes… I’m sure they understood far greater concepts than the rising and setting of the an orange fireball in the sky. 😊

[–] astrsk@kbin.run 9 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Without a reference frame, there would be no way to tell when one rotation had been completed.

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

then wtf were you doing wasting your time on this bullshit.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

What about the other stars?

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Dude, that’s why our phones tell time. 🤦‍♂️ 😉

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 1 points 3 months ago

Maybe god just made the earth rotation fit the the previously existing duration of a day.