When 1 Is Not 1 and 10 Is 12
Measure is the measure of all things? But what if all of our ‘measures’ are off?
1. Time means to cut. The Second is about to be redefined/recut. Measure twice and cut twice? “The humble second—that little tick that occurs 86,400 times per day—is on the verge of being redefined for the first time in over half a century. “
https://www.newser.com/story/319876/the-second-will-soon-be-redefined.html
2. Kilogram to change. The definition of the kilogram is about to change. “A small cylinder called Le Grand K has defined the kilogram for more than a hundred years. But if a scratch ever rendered it lighter, the definition of the kilo literally shifted. Time for a change.”
3. The meter is also wrong from the start. How did the meter get its length? NPR
https://www.npr.org/2014/06/23/324738251/how-did-the-meter-get-its-length
4. How high is the sky? Measurement can be variable?
5. Man is the measure of all things? Fathom the fathom?
6. The size of the universe may stop expanding and start contracting soon?
https://www.newsweek.com/big-bang-rip-freeze-end-universe-shrink-dark-energy-1702954
7. Tinkering with father time — how many months got the wrong names — December (deca - tenth) became the 12th month …and the ninth [November is 11th], the eighth [October is 10th], and the seventh [September is 9th] months were all misplaced.
The evolution of our modern calendar — a long and complicated tale