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Nothing straight can be built from crooked timber. -Kant



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."


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.


Even a broken clock is right twice a day?


Which is still no good, because nobody can tell which are those two times when it's right by looking at it.


That’s the point; it’s illustrating a technicality which in no way impacts the uselessness of the clock.


You can never know if a clock is showing the correct time unless you have another, known good point of reference.


Or if you trust the clock.

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




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