Ever tried describing rotation without having a standardized reference point? That's the existential crisis these pre-300 BC folks are experiencing! Without clocks to establish clockwise/counterclockwise directions, they're stuck in a linguistic paradox trying to explain which way something is spinning. It's like trying to give directions without having invented left and right yet. "It's spinning... you know... THAT way!" *gestures vaguely at the universe*
Directional Dilemma Before Clocks
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