Even for astronomers, I suspect that preserving conditions 1 and 3 is probably more valuable than 2. It's easier to correct for the uneven rotation of our planet than for an uneven timescale.
Even for astronomers, I suspect that preserving conditions 1 and 3 is probably more valuable than 2. It's easier to correct for the uneven rotation of our planet than for an uneven timescale.
If anything, it's probably for the better to completely disconnect the measurement from it's old standard, the same way imperial measurements are now defined using SI units as a baseline, and how 1 AD isn't actually the year of Christ's birth. It's OK that the actual measurement is off from what it was once based of, so long as we all agree how we're defining our units.
And sure, being off by a few minutes isn't a big deal, but it gets really annoying for day-to-day life when it is off by a few hours. Suddenly your "midnight" is happening at solar noon!