(July 9, 2015 at 11:43 am)robvalue Wrote: Interesting! Clockwise and counter clockwise are very useful references, and I suppose they may well fade away. What would we say instead? Twist right, and twist left? That would do I suppose.
It is not the same at all. What goes to the right, the top or bottom? That question does not come up when saying "clockwise."
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
