[LEAPSECS] metafilter followup of the leap rant

[Rob Seaman]

On Jan 2, 2014, at 7:35 PM, Warner Losh <imp at bsdimp.com> wrote:


> I think time passed before there was an earth to have nights or days.


Glad the inherent connection between Earth and length of day is recognized.


>> Does anybody have references for units of precise (short) duration prior to Galileo's pendulum?

> 

> Oh, in human experience...


"Civil timekeeping".  Both the "civil" part and the fact that time is being "kept" imply human agency.

Rob