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0 pointscrote4mo ago0 comments

We should just redefine it to make the speed of light a nice even 300.000 km/s - we are so close already!

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But it's already a nice round 10m/s in base 299,792,458.

Why stop there when we could just as easily redefine it to be 1 (new base unit of length)/second or 1 meter/(new base unit of time)?

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But it's already a nice round 10m/s in base 299,792,458.

Why stop there when we could just as easily redefine it to be 1 (new base unit of length)/second or 1 meter/(new base unit of time)?

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