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Nothing straight can be built from crooked timber. -Kant
by perfmode 8y ago
Nothing straight can be built from crooked timber. -Kant
- zdragnar 8y agoEven a broken clock is right twice a day?
- coldtea 8y agoWhich is still no good, because nobody can tell which are those two times when it's right by looking at it.
- gotocake 8y agoThat’s the point; it’s illustrating a technicality which in no way impacts the uselessness of the clock.
- zdragnar 8y agoYou can never know if a clock is showing the correct time unless you have another, known good point of reference.
- coldtea 8y agoOr if you trust the clock. With the broken clock, you can't ever trust it.
- XorNot 8y agoNo but with the 3 planes method you can progressively hone any 3 non flat planes of material to arbitrarily closer margins of perfection without need for an external reference.
- klingebeil 8y agoIronic, considering Kant also wrote in his reflections > "Es ist unmöglich, dass ein Mensch ohne Religion seines Lebens froh werde." > "It‘s impossible for a human to enjoy his life without religion."