2006-09-30 18:55:18 · 16 answers · asked by macman 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
We would all talk backwards and wear our underwear on the outside.
2006-09-30 19:02:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Anything else you'd like to add to that question?
Such as:
1. Are the current right-handed orbits of other planets and moons also reversed, to become retrograde?
2. Are the current retrograde orbits of some moons also reversed, to become right-handed?
3. What about rotation? Would the Earth's rotation about its own axis also be reversed? Would the rotations of all other planets and moons about their own axes, right-handed or retrograde, also be reversed?
4. Would the rotation of the sun about its own axis also be reversed?
5. Would the orbit of the sun about the galactic center be reversed?
6. If all of these motions were reversed before our history began, how would we even know? All of those "reverse" motions would be "forward" to us.
Our analog clocks would run in "reverse" as well, because sundial shadows in the "northern" hemisphere would move in the opposite direction they do now (we define "clockwise" by the way sundial shadows move). However, we would have observed the shadows moving that way throughout history, and so would have defined our "clockwise" to be the opposite of what it is now.
Well, you get the idea. With everything reversed from day one, there would be no "reversal" to our knowledge, because WE define what "reverse" and "forward" are. We would therefore define all those "reverse" motions as "forward", and that would be the end of that.
What does this have to do with philosophy? It's more of a question for Astronomers.
2006-09-30 19:17:14 · answer #2 · answered by almintaka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
revolving around the sun creates the seasons.
Summer Christmas in Northern Hemisphere.
EnjOy
2006-09-30 20:36:27 · answer #3 · answered by vinod s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ummm maybe the majority of us would be lefthanded safe drivers who were respectful to strangers in daily life(pondering)
naw, we'd still all be dysfunctional, woohoo im going to dizkneeland
um excuse me wahootexa. you got my answer, did you like take spy school or do you have espn
ok space man, read the question, earths orbit direction hasnt changed, just its direction around the sun, woohoo were all gonna fry in the sun
2006-09-30 19:05:33 · answer #4 · answered by l8ntpianist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What if I told you that north was south and south was north? Tada! Now we are revolving the other direction. Can you tell the difference?
2006-09-30 19:18:54 · answer #5 · answered by TrickMeNicely 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the perception is deep enough, the person changing places between north pole and south pole should be able to get a feel of it perhaps !
2006-09-30 20:28:10 · answer #6 · answered by Spiritualseeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No difference so long as the earth rotates in the same direction.
Don't confuse rotation with revolution.
2006-09-30 19:16:41 · answer #7 · answered by LORD Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It that would be the case, days and night on earth would change and all lives and things would change.
2006-09-30 19:07:33 · answer #8 · answered by pyj 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There would be no difference apart from where the sun sets and rises.
2006-09-30 19:01:01 · answer #9 · answered by different_tastes 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
HIS judgement is supreme and infalliable. Bit if wishes were horses, even the beggars would ride !
2006-10-01 13:46:42 · answer #10 · answered by Truth ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋