Merge – Daylight Savings Time

Merge Proposals
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There are three core proposals, so I’m unsure what is meant by “both”.

Unless I missed something, there are Two Core Proposals:

  • Make standard time permanent
  • Make daylight savings time permanent

The third proposal would be “Make Either Standard Time or Daylight Saving Time Permanent”.

Because permanent DST is worse than the status quo of clock changing, especially regarding natural health (#MAHA).

That’s the proposal you’re bringing.

That is the proposal brought by these four posts (one of which I authored):

That is also the professional, scientific, and medical opinion of almost all who study this issue, including, for example (links to each group’s statement can be read by clicking each name), the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms, Sleep Research Society, National Sleep Foundation, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, editorial boards of Bloomberg, Star Tribune, Oregonian, Sun Sentinel, and many more.

We all rank the three options for moving forward as this (which I will label arbitrarily as “A”):

  1. Permanent Standard Time
  2. Status Quo (Biannual Clock Change)
  3. Permanent DST

In contrast, regrettably there are other individuals who would rank the options instead as this (arbitrarily labeled “B”):

  1. Permanent DST
  2. Status Quo (Biannual Clock Change)
  3. Permanent Standard Time

That is the proposal of these two posts:

And finally, there is a third group of individuals who would rank the options as follows (arbitrarily “C”):

  1. Equally Permanent Standard Time or Permanent Standard Time
  2. Status Quo (Biannual Clock Change)

And that is the proposal of these two posts:

A and B oppose each other. C allies with A and with B.

It may be the best option, but that’s not what the merge is for.

To merge all three groups into one is unfair, it is misrepresentative, and it does not Make America Healthy Again.

And it is not everyone’s opinion, evidence that there’s 1 (or maybe 2, since one is ambiguous) proposals for the opposite.

And that is why I oppose merging those opposite opinions into one proposal, exactly because A and B are in opposition.

…and not exercising a veto by virtue of how the merge is done.

Your meaning here is unclear to me, if you might explain further, thank you.

You are asking for ONLY one option (Standard Time Only) to be in this merge (6 threads). That’s one camp. You are asking for the OTHER option (Daylight Savings Time Only) to be excluded from this discussion (2 threads). That’s the other camp.

No, I have asked that we not merge two opposite proposals together into one, as that would not make sense to do, it would be unfair and misrepresentative, and it would not MAHA.

Additionally, I offer a counter-proposal, to merge the eight posts into three posts. This would still reduce the number of posts, and it could increase clarity, without betraying the wishes of participants.

My position is that BOTH sides ALREADY AGREE that we should NOT be switching times twice a year…

I apologize, but that is simply not the case. And that is why the status quo is the current policy, it is a non-ideal compromise. I have been working professionally on this issue for several years. I wish it were easier. You might read more at the following link. Thank you.

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