On 1/23/12 9:45 AM, J. Forster wrote:
The fundamental problem is our system of units is not defined rationally.
What is universal about a meter or a second or a kilogram? Nothing!
If you were suddenly transported elsewhere in the universe bareassed,
could you replicate the standards we use?
If you lived on another planet, perhaps Klingon, would the second make any
sense?
This problem was faced maybe 50 years ago by the SETI folks. How do you
know what frequency an ET might be transmitting on? 1.000000000 GHz? And
if their unit of time is different, what then?
isn't that why they relate things to Hydrogen frequency, etc. (viz gold
plates on Voyager)
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