If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
- Anne Dudley Bradstreet
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Three weeks ago, I did a post about how prone the antivaccine movement is to conspiracy theories.
A week ago, I noted that one of the stranger and less credible conspiracy theories promulgated by quacks and their believers was still going strong nearly three mo
About a year and a half ago, I began an intermittent series that I called How "They" View "Us." There are several posts in the series now.
Ever since late June, I've been intermittently taking note of a new conspiracy theory in the alternative medicine world.
I wonder if anyone has done any research on behavioral differences between those living on the east and west sides of their time zones.
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Interesting. What I was wondering was a bit different. Yes, of course, people in cities get up, go to work, and go to bed with official time. Even when it leaps ahead or falls back. People are pretty good at getting with the program when practicality requires.
But... are there then measurable social differences because of that? City to city? Are cities on the western edge of a time zone more productive, because the official clock requires them to get an "earlier" start? Do cities on the eastern edge have less night life, because the night begins earlier for them? These likely are impossible questions, since there are so many other differences city to city.
BTW, here's a neat website for folks who are interested in time:
http://www.gaisma.com/en/