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What is something that sounds 100% false but is actually 100% true?

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ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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A broken clock is right twice a day, but a clock running backwards is right four times a day.

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TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub
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A broken clock is right twice a day, but a running clock is probably never right.

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lazyslacker@sh.itjust.works
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At this point you get into a philosophical discussion about what “right” really means

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hansl@lemmy.ml
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Two wrong don’t make a right, but three left turns do.

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AlexisFR@jlai.lu
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Or if the “present” actually exists

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NightmareQueenJune@lemmy.world
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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.

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Damage@feddit.it
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A broken clock may occasionally be right but it’s regularly useless

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qprimed@lemmy.ml
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time dilation ftw!

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MBM@lemmings.world
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If you’re lucky, a clock that’s slightly too fast or too slow will be right once

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psud@lemmy.world
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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

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yousirname@lemmy.world
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Depends how fast is going backwards

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shrugal@lemmy.world
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Also depends how the other clock is broken, if we’re this picky about it.

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WhiteTiger@sh.itjust.works
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That’s why the correct term is ‘a stopped clock’ not a broken one.

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intensely_human@lemm.ee
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This only works with 1-dimensional time though.

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catastrophicblues@lemmy.ca
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As opposed to what?

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TheOtterITGuy@lemmy.world
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2 dimensional time?

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psud@lemmy.world
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Luckily we don’t build clocks for n-dimensional time

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abbadon420@lemm.ee
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A clock running backwards turns left and is therefor never right.

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ryathal@sh.itjust.works
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It’s right the 4 times the hands overlap at 12 and 6.

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