Petersson@feddit.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 days agoHow long is a meter? (Only weird answers/definitions allowed)message-squaremessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up13arrow-down1message-squareHow long is a meter? (Only weird answers/definitions allowed)Petersson@feddit.org to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-210 days agomessage-square54linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRandomVideos@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 days agoBut 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?
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-29 days agoLike 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.
minus-squareRandomVideos@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoBut it would be wrong by only 1% and it would make the speed of light so much more easy to use and remember
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoYeah 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.
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?
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.
But it would be wrong by only 1% and it would make the speed of light so much more easy to use and remember
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.