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Communication & Cognition

How humanity’s most enduring calendar failed us all

Ethan Siegel
27 January 2024
16 min
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The Earth's orbit around the Sun governs the seasons, and the 2000-year-old Julian calendar incorporated Leap Years to align with them.

Summary

  1. Discrepancies developed over time.
  2. Historical dates often unreliable due to diverse calendars.
  3. 1582 saw the Gregorian calendar replace Julian calendar inaccuracies.
  4. Ongoing need for future adjustments.
READ: How humanity’s most enduring calendar failed us all

References

  • Media Check: Big Think - Media Bias/Fact Check  (HIGH CREDIBILITY)
  • Collections |The Runway (airforce.gov.au)
  • ADDITIONAL READING RAAF RUNWAY (PME)
  • RAAF RUNWAY: RATIONALE, GUIDELINES, LEARNING OUTCOMES, ETC
 

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