E: /stoned

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      9 days ago

      Well yes, but only by a little. It was using ancient measuring techniques which were highly error-prone. Like running from one place to the next and counting the length manually. Shit like that. Still impressively close to the real size!

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        9 days ago

        But if the people deciding what the meter was at first were allowed to make errors, why werent the people deciding what the new meter was?

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          Like what the other person said, you don’t know the extent of your error until you have a more accurate measuring technique.

          And you don’t just redefine an already-established unit. 😅 Rather, all the things that depend on the meter will be fucked up instead.

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              Yeah but no. An established unit didn’t change. Otherwise all the old literature will depend on history rather than just still be true and valid.