lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to AsklemmyEnglish · 1 year agoWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?message-squaremessage-square631fedilinkarrow-up1672arrow-down119
arrow-up1653arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to AsklemmyEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square631fedilink
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up175·1 year agoA broken clock is right twice a day, but a clock running backwards is right four times a day.
minus-squareTheButtonJustSpins@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up118·1 year agoA broken clock is right twice a day, but a running clock is probably never right.
minus-squarelazyslacker@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·1 year agoAt this point you get into a philosophical discussion about what “right” really means
minus-squarehansllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year agoTwo wrong don’t make a right, but three left turns do.
minus-squareAlexisFR@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 year agoOr if the “present” actually exists
minus-squareFanfic Galore@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year ago🎵 Time is an illusion that helps things make sense, so we’re always living in the present tense… 🎶
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minus-squarejaamesbaxterr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMan, that song hits me right in the feels. Every time.
minus-squareNightmareQueenJune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoI’m really picky when it comes to clocks. They need to be ±1 minute. If they aren’t it really starts to bother me.
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoA broken clock may occasionally be right but it’s regularly useless
minus-squareMBM@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoIf you’re lucky, a clock that’s slightly too fast or too slow will be right once
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-211 months agoMy grandfather clock is correct* about once a week when I wind and correct it *It must be correct as it’s very slightly fast (less so than can be fixed with a quarter turn off the pendulum screw) and I set it slightly in the past
minus-squareyousirname@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·1 year agoDepends how fast is going backwards
minus-squareshrugal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoAlso depends how the other clock is broken, if we’re this picky about it.
minus-squareWhiteTiger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThat’s why the correct term is ‘a stopped clock’ not a broken one.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoThis only works with 1-dimensional time though.
minus-squareskwerls@waveform.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoI really wanna know how that clock works
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoLuckily we don’t build clocks for n-dimensional time
minus-squareabbadon420@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoA clock running backwards turns left and is therefor never right.
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s right the 4 times the hands overlap at 12 and 6.
A broken clock is right twice a day, but a clock running backwards is right four times a day.
A broken clock is right twice a day, but a running clock is probably never right.
At this point you get into a philosophical discussion about what “right” really means
Two wrong don’t make a right, but three left turns do.
Or if the “present” actually exists
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Man, that song hits me right in the feels. Every time.
I’m really picky when it comes to clocks. They need to be ±1 minute. If they aren’t it really starts to bother me.
A broken clock may occasionally be right but it’s regularly useless
time dilation ftw!
If you’re lucky, a clock that’s slightly too fast or too slow will be right once
My grandfather clock is correct* about once a week when I wind and correct it
*It must be correct as it’s very slightly fast (less so than can be fixed with a quarter turn off the pendulum screw) and I set it slightly in the past
Depends how fast is going backwards
Also depends how the other clock is broken, if we’re this picky about it.
That’s why the correct term is ‘a stopped clock’ not a broken one.
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This only works with 1-dimensional time though.
As opposed to what?
2 dimensional time?
I really wanna know how that clock works
Luckily we don’t build clocks for n-dimensional time
A clock running backwards turns left and is therefor never right.
It’s right the 4 times the hands overlap at 12 and 6.