• Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    It’s not just about telling time though. It’s about representing things in a different way. Correlating one thing to another, and making someone think until the representation automatically becomes the output. You are forced to see things in a different way, which is what learnding is all about.

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      3 months ago

      Learning how a sundial works would teach them more than leaning how an analog clock works, in that regard.