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Tom

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Re: Concepts
« Reply #15: November 09, 2011, 10:38:54 AM »
No, we just need to move away from technological to mental concepts.

The system is built on orders of magnitude, because we think in orders of magnitude. That's why "59 minutes" seems to be a different time to people than "1 hour" until they start thinking. And that's why "one of anything" seems to be different than "many of anything".

Basically, maybe we should rewrite them as:
  • a second or two
  • a minute or two
  • an hour or two
  • a day or so
  • a week or a month
I'm not in the least concerned about mathematical equality - it's x60, x60, then x24, x7 (or x31) - that's not an issue for me.