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Hey, autists. What's something that irritates you that absolutely nobody else/a severe minority seems to care about? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 11 months ago by VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/autism@lemmy.world

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Title says it all. What really irks you that you don't get to complain about much without catching some glances? Seriously, get as passionate as you'd like. I assume you're an expert.

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[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago (2 children)

How is a physical measurement that is universally agreed upon "arbitrary"?

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[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

What we call a centimeter can be however large we choose. Say it were twice as large as it is now and we all agreed that size is a centimeter. What if we chose the inch and the centimeter to be the same size? Agreement doesn't negate the fact that we could have chosen it to be any arbitrary size.

The only true "universals" are universal constants like the speed of light or Planck's Constant. They set boundaries and scales irrespective of the units we use to describe them.

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[–] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago

That's an interesting way of looking at things, but generally measurement standards are agreed upon. Regardless of whether they can change, that doesn't negate their usefulness in measuring things now.

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