Cursed Units 3: The British Empire Strikes Back

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Yes we do. And I apologise.
(Well, sort of.)
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#units #measurement #metrology

RE: https://mathstodon.xyz/@aadmaa2/115712444696451234

Bumping this up. I wrapping up a follow up paper about the epistemology of the program and I would love to add a thank-you to the person here who flagged parallels to Maimonides's apophatic theology.

My follow-up paper is brief enough to submit to a journal for a proper rejection before I self-publish it again like some kinda wingnut. Surely you won't want to go unthanked in so esteemed a publication! ;)

That said, if there's a #philosopher out there who is alright with weird new ideas, but isn't disgusted by the appeal to much older ideas to defend them (see https://zenodo.org/records/14665746) - and has some background in #metrology / #philosophyOfScience - I'd love a reader/advisor to help strengthen the follow-up paper. I promise it is not actually wingnuttery. Focus of the f/u is not metaphysics - more tied to the second half of my initial paper: epistemological consequences / relevance to measurement and theory of knowledge / practice of science.

#philosophy

John Finnemore's Souvenir Programme. Fahrenheit v Celsius

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The work is “soul draining ... It must be possible for humans to measure this number.”

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01284-3

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How big is Big G? Mystery deepens after ten-year effort to measure gravity’s strength

Physicists have spent the past decade trying to pin down the elusive fundamental constant, to no avail.

9.999.999,999.965 Hz. Ganze 35 Mikrohertz "Ungenauigkeit" hat mein Rubidium Frequenznormal nach der Eichung. Ich bin immer noch Stolz wie Bolle. @33dBm #metrologie #metrology
‘On A Whole Other Level’ - Rapid Snow Melt-Off In American West Stuns Scientists
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Experts say brutal March heat has left critical snowpack at record-low levels – and key basins in uncharted territory
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/01/snowmelt-american-west <-- shared media/technical article
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https://www.nifc.gov/nicc-files/predictive/outlooks/monthly_seasonal_outlook.pdf <-- shared National Significant Wildland Fire Potential @ 04/01/26 (for the next four months)
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[ extreme lack of snowfall already in the ‘25/’26 US West winter to begin with, and now this… ☹ ]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #weather #metrology #climatechange #extremeweather #snowpack #USWest #USA #winter #heat #melting #snowmelt #risk #hazard #water #hydrology #waterresources #watersecurity #agriculture #wildfire #risk #hazard #firerisk #watersupply #watershed #management #planning #Colorado #Utah #California #earthobservation
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Long after we'd invented powerful telescopes & microscopes to see past our human-scale limitations, we got around to doing the same for #time. It's equally important & has paid off w/many new discoveries & improved #metrology. Special symmetries are revealed. www.ecoticias.com/en/time-is-n...

Time is not the same in all ma...
Time is not the same in all materials, and an experiment shows that an electron can take between 26 and more than 200 attoseconds, depending on where it is located

Scientists found electrons take far longer to jump in some materials, raising new questions about time itself.

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Metrology is the scientific study of measurement. Its primary goal is to establish a common, globally understood foundation for units of measurement, ensuring that data is accurate, reliable, and consistent across all disciplines.
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Metrology: In-Depth Description

Metrology is traditionally divided into three primary sub-disciplines, each operating at a different level of application and regulation