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A new study found that there's a universal rhythm to how people speak: in 0.6Hz (1.667s) units. I find this fascinating because that's pretty close (though obviously only coincidentally) to 20 μdays (0.579Hz = 1.728s) and this feeds my fantasy about decimal time (standardize on days, 1 milliday = 1.44min, 10 microdays = 0.864s, we'd probably make use of centidays, which are just shy of quarter hours).

A universal rhythm guides how we speak: Global analysis reveals 1.6-second 'intonation units'
Have you ever noticed that a natural conversation flows like a dance—pauses, emphases, and turns arriving just in time? A new study has discovered that this isn't just intuition; there is a biological rhythm embedded in our speech.