lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?message-squaremessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down10
arrow-up19arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square144fedilink
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoA broken clock is right twice a day, but a clock running backwards is right four times a day.
minus-squareTheButtonJustSpins@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoA broken clock is right twice a day, but a running clock is probably never right.
minus-squarelazyslacker@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoAt this point you get into a philosophical discussion about what “right” really means
minus-squarehansl@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoTwo wrong don’t make a right, but three left turns do.
minus-squareAlexisFR@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoOr if the “present” actually exists
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-29 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-squareMBM@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIf you’re lucky, a clock that’s slightly too fast or too slow will be right once
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThis only works with 1-dimensional time though.
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoLuckily we don’t build clocks for n-dimensional time
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
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
If you’re lucky, a clock that’s slightly too fast or too slow will be right once
This only works with 1-dimensional time though.
Luckily we don’t build clocks for n-dimensional time