Dragaera

started rereading _TPotD_

Mon Jul 14 14:14:34 PDT 2003


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark A Mandel [mailto:mam at theworld.com] 
Sent: 14 July 2003 02:03
To: Philip Hart
Cc: dragaera at dragaera.info
Subject: Re: started rereading _TPotD_


>Studies in our world have shown that people adapt better to a longer cycle,
like 28 hours, than to a shorter one, like 
>20.


I seem to remember watching a show that showed  long term (several months)
study which deprived the test subjects of any external stimulus as to what
the time was.  The subjects gradually moved to a 27-28 hour cycle after
about 2-3 months and stayed on that til the end of the trial.  I think they
were claiming that the Earth's day used to be longer....  But I'm not sure
if that would be right.  The Sun's gravity is I believe is slowing the
earth's rotation (Same reason why we always ee 1 face of the moon).

Mark.