Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Sun, Jan 01 2006
Second(s) Guessing
It looks as though we humans are adding a leap second as we pass into the year 2006. It's curious to see how astronomic time and atomic time advocates make their case to add or not to add.
I rather like the way that our tick-tock sort of representation of time doesn't begin to cover the ebb and flow of time and space. And I rather like the idea that we can't use our little equations and formulas to perfectly define both the universe we see and the universe out there beyond our current vision. These sorts of dichotomies serve well to remind us that we always have something to learn. It's a wise and fun-loving Creator who would make matter and time act in such a way that it fuels the insatiable curiosity of His children.
posted at: 07:59 | category: /Science | link to this entry
It looks as though we humans are adding a leap second as we pass into the year 2006. It's curious to see how astronomic time and atomic time advocates make their case to add or not to add.
I rather like the way that our tick-tock sort of representation of time doesn't begin to cover the ebb and flow of time and space. And I rather like the idea that we can't use our little equations and formulas to perfectly define both the universe we see and the universe out there beyond our current vision. These sorts of dichotomies serve well to remind us that we always have something to learn. It's a wise and fun-loving Creator who would make matter and time act in such a way that it fuels the insatiable curiosity of His children.
posted at: 07:59 | category: /Science | link to this entry
