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352 points instagraham | 3 comments | | HN request time: 0.446s | source
1. credit_guy ◴[] No.43534672[source]
I wonder if it’s already April’s Fools Day in some parts of the world. The hands of a clock move clockwise if seen from the front, but counterclockwise if seen from the back.
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2. coffeecantcode ◴[] No.43534705[source]
Coming from a place of complete ignorance, are there indicators in galaxies that determine a top/bottom for lack of better words?

I can’t think of any that would make much sense as top/bottom would mean that there needs to be a relative universal point to reference and as far as I know, that doesn’t exist.

3. tiagod ◴[] No.43540405[source]
The article states that the problem is that they looked at random galaxies, 1/3 were moving one way and 2/3 the other.

If the distribution was truly random, and the universe is isotropic, we should see roughly 50/50.