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[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (2 children)

You sure about those equations? My background in Physics tells me that 1= π = (speed of light) / (not quite speed of light) [without unit]

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

If the metre was 4.8% shorter then the speed of light could be π*10^8^ m/s

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

Obviously the right thing to do is to make the meter shorter. Or invent degrees Kelvin.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If physics taught you that 1 = pi, you may want to retake some classes.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I don't know, I passed the "rounding to the next order of magnitude because it's good enough and nobody will notice" class with flying colours

I got 1000%, or something close

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

π = 1 is fine in a Fermi approximation