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Why not switch to a system that's based on actual physical constants instead of properties of a certain impure water mix ? How about we start measuring distanc
by waps 13y ago
Why not switch to a system that's based on actual physical constants instead of properties of a certain impure water mix ?
How about we start measuring distances relative to c, mass in GeV/c2, or maybe in multiples of electron masses, and so on and so forth. Sooner or later (probably much later, granted) we'll do this, so why not get ahead of the game ?
- nitrogen 13y agoThe meter is defined in relation to c: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meter#Speed_of_light https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meter#Speed_of_light
- waps 13y agoWell, yes, but read that page. I mean a vaguely reasonable fraction, not 1/299792458 per second (plus if you're going to be pedantic, second still isn't defined in terms of c).