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 Originally Posted by Eric
How do you think we would be impacted if the earth's rotation was faster? In other words, what if it only took an hour for a single rotation instead of 24 hours?
Super serious, long-term answer: If we evolved under those conditions, I'd suspect that we would be more inclined to stay awake through multiple "days," and we might not have evolved to sleep at all. I say this because it would be too easy (ie: too likely) that we as a species would gain a competitive advantage at some point by doing this. Then again, we might not have evolved into what we are now under those circumstances, so it's hard to say.
Shorter-term answer: If we suddenly started having 1-hour days instead of 24-hour days without any other measurable difference, then I think we would probably keep the same calendar and just call each rotation an hour and have 24 rotations be a day to adapt it to the calendar we already have. I think we already have all of the technology available now that we would need to keep public areas lighted.
I'm having a hard time coming up with anything interesting on this one. Sorry lol
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