Once in a while, my “poll” questions leave me puzzled by the results.<\/p>\n
I asked people “How long is a day on the moon?”. The question is pretty transparent especially in context of other polls – that the notion of a “day” is very Earth-centric and would be a strange way for the Creator of the Universe to measure time.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/streamingradioguide.com\/show-poll.php?pollnum=1493<\/p>\n
The top answer is that there is no day and night on the moon. Anyone who read the Dick Tracy cartoons knows that the moon has one day\/night cycle about every 28 earth days – 14 days of intense heat followed by 14 days of darkness. The cartoon theory about life on the moon in the 1960s was that beings could only survive if they migrated around the moon staying in the zone between light and dark.<\/p>\n
Can anyone explain how it is possible people think there is no night and day on the moon? With the moon and Earth being tidally locked, the phases of the moon make this selF evident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Once in a while, my “poll” questions leave me puzzled by the results. I asked people “How long is a day on the moon?”. The question is pretty transparent especially in context of other polls – that the notion of … Continue reading