On 11/07/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman@spamcop.net wrote:
Now, we might say that a broken clock is right twice a day, but it would be pointless to use it as a referent just because we happen to know that it' about that time.
That is a totally preposterous analogy.
One might as well say that, because a clock had stopped, we shouldn't even try changing the batteries to see if it works; just throw the whole thing in the trash.