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The world spins anti-clockwise when viewed from above (over the north pole). So why did we choose to reverse this natural turn of time?
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well, the natural rotation of the world is neither clockwise or counterclockwise (anticlockwise as you called it) We as humans just choose to call the "north" pole north and south pole "south". The north pole itself is not stable, as it actually fluctuates. (the electromagnetic field is not stable, but thios only happens in thousand year intervals or so. It isn't something to concern yourself over) Direction in space is all arbitrary clockwise and and counterclockwise are both relative.
that whole metric time thing would never work witht he populous. It would be like telling people blue is now called green and green is now called blue. Yes, the earth revolves around the earth 365.2421.....days, but who said a day was 24 hours? that would be the amount of time the sun would cross point A in the sky and then return to that point again. Round this amount of time off, and you get roughly 365 days per revolution....per year. add an extra day each 4 years you get even closer. There will always be error, regardless of what you do.
So it really isn't worth it to change.....but it sure is worth it to discuss! don't lock this!
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Okay, it makes sense. But how many clocks were built before 1630? (Kepler’s death)
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does this imply that Kepler discovered that the earth revolved around the sun? I believe that Copernicus was the one to propose this idea.....and a ancient Greek did so before him, but I forget his name (obvious the Ptolemiac model lasted throughout the medieval ages) Kepler discovered that the planets revolve in an ellipse each, not perfect circles.