Re: Simple Calculation of Sunset Time required

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"David Weinshenker" <daze39@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> oriel36 wrote:
>
>> You believe  the creation of the 24 hour day from  observation of
>> natural noonis nonsense and it is your right to do so but only in
>> context of a intellectual standard comparable to flat Earthers.Most
>> here are proud of the value for axial rotation through 360 degrees in
>> 23 hours 56 minutes but then again,there were many proud people who
>> based their ideas on Piltdown man .
>
>
> If you believe in the creation (actually definition) of the 24 hour
> day from observing natural noon (i.e., sun transit) cycles, why is
> the measurement of the sidereal day from the observation of natural
> star transit cycles "nonsense"?
>
> Do you believe that the observed difference between solar and sidereal
> day length is due to the effect of the earth/sun orbital motion throwing
> off the apparent sidereal day (relative to the "natural" solar day?)
>

I think you're making the assumption that he understands what he says he 
believes.

Some think he's a troll merely posting and re-posting to cause annoyance. I 
suspect that he is suffering from a deep delusion; he 'knows what he thinks' 
but he has neither the topic knowledge to adequately explain himself nor the 
self knowledge to accept that he might be mistaken.

Hence the inability to justify any statement he makes and the extensive 
repetition in his responses.