lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 年前What is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?message-squaremessage-square630linkfedilinkarrow-up1501arrow-down111
arrow-up1490arrow-down1message-squareWhat is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?lemonadebunny@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 年前message-square630linkfedilink
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up106·3 年前A broken clock is right twice a day, but a clock running backwards is right four times a day.
minus-squareTheButtonJustSpins@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up74·3 年前A broken clock is right twice a day, but a running clock is probably never right.
minus-squarelazyslacker@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·3 年前At this point you get into a philosophical discussion about what “right” really means
minus-squarehansl@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 年前Two wrong don’t make a right, but three left turns do.
minus-squareAlexisFR@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·3 年前Or if the “present” actually exists
minus-squareFanfic Galore@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 年前🎵 Time is an illusion that helps things make sense, so we’re always living in the present tense… 🎶
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 年前Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/uuFHRgwTv10 Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
minus-squarejaamesbaxterr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 年前Man, that song hits me right in the feels. Every time.
minus-squareNightmareQueenJune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 年前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.
minus-squareMBM@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 年前If you’re lucky, a clock that’s slightly too fast or too slow will be right once
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 年前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
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 年前A broken clock may occasionally be right but it’s regularly useless
minus-squareyousirname@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·3 年前Depends how fast is going backwards
minus-squareshrugal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 年前Also depends how the other clock is broken, if we’re this picky about it.
minus-squareWhiteTiger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 年前That’s why the correct term is ‘a stopped clock’ not a broken one.
minus-squareintensely_human@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 年前This only works with 1-dimensional time though.
minus-squareskwerls@waveform.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 年前I really wanna know how that clock works
minus-squarepsud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 年前Luckily we don’t build clocks for n-dimensional time
minus-squareabbadon420@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 年前A clock running backwards turns left and is therefor never right.
minus-squareryathal@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 年前It’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
🎵 Time is an illusion that helps things make sense, so we’re always living in the present tense… 🎶
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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.
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
time dilation ftw!
A broken clock may occasionally be right but it’s regularly useless
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.
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.