Stopped clock

The phrase "stopped clock" (also "broken clock" or "sudden outbreak of common sense"[1]) comes from the proverb "even a stopped clock is right twice a day", thus implying that even cranks, denialists, or conspiracy theorists that are wrong at every other time of the day can theoretically be correct once in a while, especially despite their bad reasoning. When is a moment a stopped clock?[edit] App

[kumicit]

"Without a frame of reference, there is no way of knowing when a stopped clock is right... or not. "