[Bloody Sam Roberts]

These atoms were each spinning clockwise and counterclockwise at the same time.

I suppose it depends on whether you observe them from above or below.

I mean, the Earth rotates clockwise and counter-clockwise simultaneously...depending on whether the observer is looking down from above the North pole or the South pole.

[snarks_when_bored]

Once a reference frame is fixed, clockwise and counterclockwise are well-defined.

[furball4paws]

But the Earth is not rotating in an isolated position. When an external body is included, the rotation is only one way.

[norwaypinesavage]

That's why the water in a bathtubs actually spins in the same direction in both the southern and the northern hemispheres. You just happen to be looking at it from underneath, when you're in the southern hemispheres.

[lafroste]

I guess that means that the object is really only spinning in one direction, but the observer is observing it from opposite perspectives simultaneously. That means that the object is in a state that is not part of the recognized dimensions and is extra-dimensional for that brief instant in time (or out of time as the case may be).