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[–] 3 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

i mean a lot of measurements are arbitrary necause their manmade. thats creation of measurements in a nutshell. they exist to give people context to conpare to. time is a manmade construct, unit of length is a manmade construct. unit of weight is a manmade construct.

for instance with 1 kilo, tell me the last time a regular person had platinum-iridium ingot. its completely arbitrary.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    tell me the last time a regular person had platinum-iridium ingot

    What, you don't?

    But yeah, I agree, units are made up. I mean, why is the boiling point at 100C and not any other number? Someone made it up.
    I'm just saying the argument "0F is really cold" is just as true as -10F is really cold or +10F is really cold.

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