John Smith I wrote:
wrote:
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*ALL* units of measurement are arbitrary. Once a standard is set, that's
(if you are sane) what you use.
By that convoluted logic:
The dollar is an arbitrary unit so why strive for accuracy in your paycheck?
The inch is an arbitrary unit so why should the carpenter strive for
accuracy in matching the new door to your old door frame?
Miles per hour are based on two arbitrary units so why should the cop
give you a ticket for doing 90 in a 35 MPH zone?
The liter is an arbitrary unit so why should the maker strive to ensure
there is 2 liters of soda in a 2 liter bottle?
But, I know you are just playing word games here.
Sir:
You SERIOUSLY miss the point.
You mean the point where I won't subscribe to arm waving philosophy and
insist on science?
All you named there are an invention of man and man allows himself to be
governed by them ... (some don't, ever hear about income tax evasion and
prisons?)
Babble.
The laws of mathematics, physics and the sciences exist in an absolute
form, somewhere ...
Utter nonsense.
All units are human constructs.
There is no such thing as an absolute frame of reference, or much of
anything else absolute except the value of pi.
There is no absolute quanta of time, length, mass, flux density, energy,
power, angular measure, force, or speed.
--
Jim Pennino
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