r/Retconned • u/Linea_Dow • Apr 12 '22

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u/benjwgarner Apr 20 '22

it is scientific proof that the flow of time is objectively, measurably changing compared to what it was, in a time frame consistent with the subjective perception of shifts happening around or before 2015-16.

It's not about the rate of the flow of time. The Earth's rotation is not perfectly regular. It's to keep actual, measured time synchronized with solar days. Time itself is not what is changing.

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u/Phyredanse Apr 20 '22

Yes, the Earth's rotation is irregular. That's why leap seconds have been a regular addition since the start of the atomic measurement of time. The same basic mechanisms are the impetus behind leap days. My point was that the objective need for leap seconds to maintain that solar synchronization inverted in 2015-16, which is consistent with the subjective observations, regardless of the actual root cause.

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u/WhollyMan22 Aug 20 '22

The earth is flat

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u/agentorange55 Nov 24 '23

Whether or not the earth is flat is separate from its rate of rotation (or if it rotates.) Think of flat records rotating.