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How come we say counterclockwise and not earthwise? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago by UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It probably would actually. Imagine if Big Ben was a transparent circle with clock hands at the top.

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[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works [S] 0 points 2 years ago

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.

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