UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoHow come we say counterclockwise and not earthwise?message-squaremessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down136
arrow-up1-26arrow-down1message-squareHow come we say counterclockwise and not earthwise?UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squarepruwybenlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoIt probably would actually. Imagine if Big Ben was a transparent circle with clock hands at the top.
minus-squareUrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·1 year agoWell yeah, but I was trying to get across that we have established rules for how we view the world and it’s pretty set in stone that the earth turns in a leftward direction just as much as a clock turns in a rightward one.
It probably would actually. Imagine if Big Ben was a transparent circle with clock hands at the top.
Well yeah, but I was trying to get across that we have established rules for how we view the world and it’s pretty set in stone that the earth turns in a leftward direction just as much as a clock turns in a rightward one.