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Well can't be taken seriously. Real life works most of the time. Only theoretical thought experiments could work all the time. Can you show me a clock that work
by sebastianconcpt 11y ago
Well can't be taken seriously. Real life works most of the time. Only theoretical thought experiments could work all the time.
Can you show me a clock that worked more than 10K years?
They are still trying to invent one (and we're not having it yet)
- JadeNB 11y agoI agree, and Skinney made a similar point yesterday (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9759571 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9759571). However, I think that an excessively literal reading misses the spirit of the quote (as I (probably mis)remember it). I elaborated in my reply https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9760336 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9760336 . Incidentally, your question about the 10K-year clock (to which I think it is impossible to give an answer today even if one exists today, since I think clockmaking has not yet been practiced for 10K years!) reminds me of anecdote #3 in http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/91q3/oldanecd.html http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/91q3/oldanecd.html .