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Shouldn't what?

Is that even reasonably possible?
Why don't we make our own math while we're at it?

Your straw man isn't worth a serious reply, so have this instead:


Allow me to fully explain what I actually meant:
You have spent the last 20 years of your life surrounded by philosophy, ranging from "life sucks, then you die" to "Jesus is the Lord and Savior!" and everything in between. You have been surrounded with the ideas of the dominant cultures of this country, in the Western world, at this time. Add to that the books you've read, the tv you've watched, your personal life experiences, and anything else. What does that give you? I don't know, but it's certainly not a clean slate.

The thing is, creating one's own philosophy is easier said than done. Chances are far better that you think you're doing things on your own, when in reality your new philosophy is a composite of a couple other people's. And if you do actually succeed in making one for yourself, it better be one that conforms to our present culture's values and standards. If not, you're not going to last long.

I'll admit that there's the possibility of negating all this and actually succeeding in creating a philosophy from scratch, but I'd imagine that such people are extremely hard to come by. For the rest of us, the only escape is to hide under our beds until we hit 30--at which point our brains would have 3 or 4 healthy coats of dust.


Assuming, of course, that math definitively exists in your philosophy.

Choose any two-digit whole number between one and fifty, where both digits are odd, and are not the same number, with the sum of the digits adding to ten. I'm guessing you picked... 37.
WHAT? You picked 19? You're going to Hell!

You typed all that JUST so you could post that picture?

I like the picture too. Good job posting it! smile

How about a version that actually works?

You're somewhat welcome.

Do we still worship the sun?
I got the idea while driving back to the U yesterday. As I turned on my headlights, I recalled that the law required they be turned on "an hour before sunset to an hour after sunrise."

What do we tell little kids? "Be back before sunset." How do we order eggs? Sunny side up. Name a Robert Rodriguez movie starring George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino made between 1995 and 1997. I'm guessing that of the hundreds of possible choices, you picked From Dusk 'Till Dawn (or you scratched your head, in which case stop reading this and go rent the damn movie.) Hell, it's not like the moon has its own tanning lotion. We are all brainwashed with love of sun.

Really, the leap year system is kind of shitty. Why do we give a ******** if our years somewhat approximate our orbit anyways? Sure, it's useful for some things, like being able to talk about July from 30 years ago and still knowing that it was summer. So I'll let that one slide.

But what benefit does time zones give us? Back in the 1800s, every town had its own time, set by high noon. Railroad conductors would have to reset the minute hand on their watches every time they entered a town. Then some genius came up with the idea of standardizing the whole thing so that we could function in an increasingly smaller world.

Why stop there? Why must the sun still be at its highest at noon? And what's the deal with Daylight Saving Time? Tell the farmers to set their alarms an hour later if it's really a big deal. No need to have the entire nation change its time to suit their taste.

What I think we should do is break our ties with the sun, at least as far as days go. We might as well keep the 24 hour system rather than invent a new arbitrary one to reduce confusion. Here's my plan:
1. Have the entire world switch to a 24 hour clock rather than AM/PM.
2. Wait until people adjust.
3. At some designated date and time (say, 12:00 AM Greenwich Time on January 1, 2010) have the entire world set its clocks to 00:00.

Of course, it'd be rough for people to adjust. However, once people got used to working from 4:00 - 13:00 instead of 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, it wouldn't be that big of a deal.
Con: We'd have a bit of confusion for a while.
Pro: A business in California could schedule a video conference with a business in India at 16:00. Period. No figuring out how many hours difference that is, or who has set clocks ahead for Daylight Saving Time, or what DAY IT IS (stupid International Date Line), or any of that bullshit. 16:00 is 16:00 no matter where you are in the world.

Until that happens, HEIL RA!