@UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 10 months agoHow come we say counterclockwise and not earthwise?message-square56fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down136
arrow-up1-26arrow-down1message-squareHow come we say counterclockwise and not earthwise?@UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 10 months agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-squarepruwybenlinkfedilink4•10 months agoIt probably would actually. Imagine if Big Ben was a transparent circle with clock hands at the top.
minus-square@UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilink0•10 months 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.