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Bertha, Mariana, Arlette, Carlos, and Bere asked:

Why is the day, day and the night, night?

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There is no logical reason why the day should be day, or the night, night.

Ever since the invention of curtains and artificial lighting, human beings have had the free choice over
their 'day' and their 'night'. It is my free choice if I decide to write philosophy until 6 am, then burrow
beneath the bed covers as the sun comes up.

Admittedly, it is convenient if one can count on one's friends or work colleagues being awake at the
same time. Just think of the potential pitfalls of picking up the telephone, if you didn't know whether it
was 'day' or 'night' for the person at the other end of the line.

However, I believe there would be potentially great advantages to be had from giving up the
convention that day should be day, and night, night for everyone living in the same time zone.
Workers would no longer require to be paid extra wages for 'night work'. A house would require only
half the number of bedrooms, allowing the extra space to be used for more useful purposes.

Best of all, you could watch 'late night TV' all day long.

Geoffrey Klempner