lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?message-squaremessage-square590fedilinkarrow-up1315arrow-down16
arrow-up1309arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square590fedilink
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44·1 year agoA broken clock is right twice a day, but a clock running backwards is right four times a day.
minus-squareTheButtonJustSpins@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·1 year agoA broken clock is right twice a day, but a running clock is probably never right.
minus-squarelazyslacker@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoAt this point you get into a philosophical discussion about what “right” really means
minus-squarehansl@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoTwo wrong don’t make a right, but three left turns do.
minus-squareAlexisFR@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoOr if the “present” actually exists
minus-squareFanfic Galore@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 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-squareNightmareQueenJune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 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-squareMBM@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIf you’re lucky, a clock that’s slightly too fast or too slow will be right once
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoA broken clock may occasionally be right but it’s regularly useless
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-210 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-up6·1 year agoDepends how fast is going backwards
minus-squareshrugal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAlso depends how the other clock is broken, if we’re this picky about it.
minus-squareperviouslyiner@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYeah a broken LED clock isn’t often right!
minus-squareWhiteTiger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 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-up1·10 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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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.
If you’re lucky, a clock that’s slightly too fast or too slow will be right once
A broken clock may occasionally be right but it’s regularly useless
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
time dilation ftw!
Depends how fast is going backwards
Also depends how the other clock is broken, if we’re this picky about it.
Yeah a broken LED clock isn’t often right!
That’s why the correct term is ‘a stopped clock’ not a broken one.
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.