[LEAPSECS] Tinkering with stuff until it becomes too complex to understand

[Michael Sokolov]

Daniel R. Tobias <dan at tobias.name> wrote:


> the day was divided into 24 hours, of 60 minutes, of 60 seconds; any 

> kid can still easily learn that...


Yup, so far, so good.


> until the scientists had the 

> brilliant idea of redefining the second based on atomic clocks, 

> causing it to get unmoored from the sun and necessitate all the 

> complications this list talks about.


THAT is clearly the mistake which needs to be reversed!

MS