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0 pointsthrow0101a5y ago0 comments

> I hope that we can stop trying to sync noon to the local sun at some point.

Humans have circadian rhythms that have health effects:

See my comment linking to various position papers of the scientists who study in this field:

They generally want to get rid of DST completely and stick with Standard ("winter") Time all year round. (I don't know enough to gainsay them.)

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I'm not saying that we shouldn't sync our schedules to the sun, I'm saying that we should sync time to the sun.

So in Toronto I can wake up at 12:00 and in London people can wake up at 8:00. It just changes the number on the clock.

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0 pointsthrow0101a5y ago0 comments

> I hope that we can stop trying to sync noon to the local sun at some point.

Humans have circadian rhythms that have health effects:

See my comment linking to various position papers of the scientists who study in this field:

They generally want to get rid of DST completely and stick with Standard ("winter") Time all year round. (I don't know enough to gainsay them.)

I'm not saying that we shouldn't sync our schedules to the sun, I'm saying that we should sync time to the sun.

So in Toronto I can wake up at 12:00 and in London people can wake up at 8:00. It just changes the number on the clock.

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