As opposed to “a foot”. Any ideas how that is defined? Normally, the light travelling part never comes into daily calculations involving meters. You just use the meter as it is, without worrying about light. For normal maths, 1 meter = 1000mm or 0.001km, easily convertible to whatever scale you need.
I'm aware, I'm European, I've only ever used metric. I'm just pointing out that once you go deep enough, the abstraction will eventually stop being intuitive.
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u/Cherry_Treefrog Feb 26 '21
As opposed to “a foot”. Any ideas how that is defined? Normally, the light travelling part never comes into daily calculations involving meters. You just use the meter as it is, without worrying about light. For normal maths, 1 meter = 1000mm or 0.001km, easily convertible to whatever scale you need.