The origins of the seven-day week, its biblical roots and the balance between work and rest are shared by author Mark Gerson, who says modern studies support the idea of a productivity ceiling.
Most units of time are based on nature. A day is one rotation of the Earth. A month is the moon’s orbit. A year is the Earth’s path around the sun.
But a week? There’s no natural explanation for it.
Well, given that a moon cycle is about 28 days long, each quarter of that is 7 days. Before we had electric lights at night, most people were very aware of the moon phase.
I have never seen that clip before. He was so dumbfounded by O’Reilly’s example of a mysterious force that he resorted to sarcasm. Ngl I don’t think I could have even responded to that
Well, given that a moon cycle is about 28 days long, each quarter of that is 7 days. Before we had electric lights at night, most people were very aware of the moon phase.
“You can’t explain that.”
I have never seen that clip before. He was so dumbfounded by O’Reilly’s example of a mysterious force that he resorted to sarcasm. Ngl I don’t think I could have even responded to that