Originally posted by Robtard
You're all off topic, as the thread was about the time-shift due to the Earth's rotation.But this rabble about DNA and whatnot is much better, so please proceed.
So, could the change in Earths rotation cause mutations in human DNA?
Robtard, how is that for putting the two together? 😄
Originally posted by Shakyamunison
So, could the change in Earths rotation cause mutations in human DNA?Robtard, how is that for putting the two together? 😄
Exactly the opposite
The Earth's day has been shortened slightly, leading for less time for the mutations to happen during DNA replication.
So, technically we're now evolving slower on a daily basis than before the earthquake 😛
Originally posted by Omgu8mynewt
Exactly the oppositeThe Earth's day has been shortened slightly, leading for less time for the mutations to happen during DNA replication.
So, technically we're now evolving slower on a daily basis than before the earthquake 😛
And I set my clocks slower so there is only 20 hours in a day. I figure that after a year I will be a little over 60 days younger that then everyone else. 😆
Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
😐Altering the length of the day does not alter time.
I meant per day, you get what I mean 😛
Also, if there are 24 hours in a day and 60 mins etc, do we get a slight overlap in days over thousands of years or are everyone's seconds shorter so we still have the same amount in a day?
Originally posted by Omgu8mynewt
I meant per day, you get what I mean 😛Also, if there are 24 hours in a day and 60 mins etc, do we get a slight overlap in days over thousands of years or are everyone's seconds shorter so we still have the same amount in a day?
Neither. The second has been defined independently from other units of time and then they have been defined based on how long they are in seconds. The people who are "in charge" of this sort of thing schedule various leap seconds and even leap miliseconds.
Originally posted by Omgu8mynewt
I meant per day, you get what I mean 😛Also, if there are 24 hours in a day and 60 mins etc, do we get a slight overlap in days over thousands of years or are everyone's seconds shorter so we still have the same amount in a day?
A SI day (international system of units) is exactly 86,400 (24 hours) seconds but a Sidereal day (how long the earth takes to rotate exactly once with respect to the visible stars is 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.091 seconds.