• threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    We know what the exact value of c is because we set it to a specific value and derive the meter from it. We can’t do that with pi, so “estimate” it is.

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        3 months ago

        I don’t feel like that is the same thing. No one calculates pi by drawing a perfect circle and measuring the ratio. However, I believe we do calculate the meter by measuring the distance light travels in 1/299792458.000 seconds.