The most important numbers in the universe
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The English use metric.
There are 5280 feet in a mile because that is what the standard says.
In other words, it's that way because it's defined to be that way.
That would be boring. My goal was to present famous irrational numbers and scientific constants few people would recognize at a glance.
Actually, the railroads themselves did that.
There are some railroads with unusual gauges, usually mining equipment or local lines that don't travel from State to State.
Sort of like the way keyboards standardized on the QWERTY layout, designed originally to slow you down so you wouldn't jam the typewriter.
Sacred geometry is a fascinating use of numbers but it's Sunday so this is the best I can do.
Nuthin' particularly sacred about it. It's just playing with numbers while designing buildings. An art form. Especially popular during the Renaissance.
Perfect one for Halloween night!
Why?
The number 13 is considered 'unlucky' in the United States and parts of Europe. In Asia, the number 4 takes a similar connotation. They don't care about 13.
Freemasons worshiped the goat.
No such symbol in Freemasonry.
An acre is 4840 sq yards.
The last time THAT was tried in the US, people rejected it.
In the States, both imperial and metric systems are used.
Science is not constants. The constants you gave are simply measurements.
Clearly, you were incapable of recognizing the speed of light in a vacuum, which is one of the most fundamental physical constants of observable reality.
The speed of light in a vacuum has never been measured. Indeed, the speed of light has never been measured. The only measurements made so far is how fast light reflects.
Observations are not a proof. They are subject to the problems if phenomenology. A constant isn't 'physical'. It is simply a measurement. There is no perfect vacuum obtainable, even in space.
Reality is not an observation. Buzzword fallacy.
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I knew you would recognize one of those numbers!
It always makes me smile.