The Gilbert minute is a unit of time which relies upon the duration of an average episode of the P.I.D. Radio program to receive its value. Its value is determined by measuring the Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) duration of the program and comparing that duration to that of 15 Gilbert minutes to receive a ratio. This ratio will show how many real-time minutes are in each Gilbert minute. Due to this method of definition, and to the fluctuating durations of the various episodes of P.I.D. Radio (often far above 15 standard minutes), the value of the Gilbert minute fluctuates and must often be re-measured as new episodes are released.
It is theorized that the Gilbert minute is related to a Lorenz attractor which is a fractal structure corresponding to the long-term behavior of the Lorenz oscillator. Edward Lorenz (who discovered the Lorenz attractor) was an early pioneer of Chaos Theory. It is quite apparent to this writer that the Gilbert Minute is very chaotic.
The symbol for the Gilbert minute is Gmin.
The ratio of min to Gmin is 2.77:1 as of 08/06/09.
Source data can be found here.
Written by Michael and David Endsley with contributions from Kathleen Andrea.
Edited and posted by David Endsley
