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Re:Dystopia Is What Results from the Attempt to Create Utopia by perfmode on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @04:16PM (#19212069)
Nothing straight can be built from crooked timber. -Kant
Re:Dystopia Is What Results from the Attempt to Create Utopia by klingebeil on Thursday February 21, 2019 @08:55AM (#19216849)
Ironic, 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."

Re:Dystopia Is What Results from the Attempt to Create Utopia by XorNot on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @10:28PM (#19214274)
No 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.
Re:Dystopia Is What Results from the Attempt to Create Utopia by zdragnar on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @04:38PM (#19212250)
Even a broken clock is right twice a day?
Re:Dystopia Is What Results from the Attempt to Create Utopia by coldtea on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @04:51PM (#19212359)
Which is still no good, because nobody can tell which are those two times when it's right by looking at it.
Re:Dystopia Is What Results from the Attempt to Create Utopia by gotocake on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @05:27PM (#19212704)
That’s the point; it’s illustrating a technicality which in no way impacts the uselessness of the clock.
Re:Dystopia Is What Results from the Attempt to Create Utopia by zdragnar on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @08:03PM (#19213610)
You can never know if a clock is showing the correct time unless you have another, known good point of reference.
Re:Dystopia Is What Results from the Attempt to Create Utopia by coldtea on Thursday February 21, 2019 @12:16PM (#19218434)
Or if you trust the clock.

With the broken clock, you can't ever trust it.