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1442105 No.1442105 [Reply] [Original]

Thinking about time...

If a man in LA is put in the hospital and his sister who lives in Australia hears about it, did she hear about it then or the day before?

>> No.1442183

Well smarties?

>> No.1442189

they both die

>> No.1442194

>>1442189

;_;

Was the funeral nice?

>> No.1442195

Either answer is consistent with the data given.

>> No.1442205

Same day, same time.

The difference is that the Moon is up in Australia and the Sun is up in LA.

That's it.

She could hop on a plane and fly over to LA, and nothing would change. The Earth's rotation is not a slave to calendars.

>> No.1442216

Human measurement of time around the globe is irrelevant to actual measurements of time.

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1442218

She never heard about it because she's a little tied up at the moment.

>> No.1442258

>>1442105

if there's no pictures, it didn't happen.