lightyears

years

but also, we do that right now

with phases of radiation

between celsuis 133 atoms

and it works perfectly

based on the amount of time that the earth, an ever changing celestial body, orbits it's star, another ever changing celestial body

it works perfectly, but it is based on the 24 hour clock, which is based on the rotation of the earth in particular

that part of it is extremely cosmically irrelevant

no it's fucking not

you actual idiot

the clock isn't based on the night/day cycle

unless you are still using fucking sundials

it's based on the 24 hour day

no

**day**

it's not.

how in the fuck can you argue that the clock isn't based on the length of a day

BECAUSE IT'S NOT

it's literally the reason it exists

It's based on the length of hours

why do we have hours

Because 60 minutes

because 60 seconds

because 1 second

becasue of the time that elapses during 9,192,631,770 (9.192631770 x 10 9 ) cycles of the radiation produced by the transition between two levels of the cesium 133 atom

then why do we even have 24 hour clocks, why not just have 60 hour clocks and have each day be 2 and some change day/night cycles

Becuase we only need to categorize using sleep cycles

and then it devolves further into months and years

is the year not based on the orbit of the earth either?

and if we're going to go to another planet, jsut make a bigger clock

With higher number of hours

I am but a humble carpenter. This is very interesting but i must go tend to my sandpaper garden

Ciao

a universal system doesn't work unless humans are sleepless robots

what if the hours don't fit neatly into the day/night cycle?

they will.

that's what i'm saying though

They always do

do you want to convert between each individual time

unless you're going TO ANOTHER FUCKING DIMENSION