That’s still an arbitrary number to pick, and the choice of cesium oscillation seems pretty arbitrary in the grand scheme of things.
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TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 18 hours agoTime can be non arbitrarily defined as a round number value of times cesium oscillates between two hyperfine states, to allow time to be non arbitrary and still a useful size.
kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 15 hours ago
Zorcron@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
The round number would still be arbitrary, no? It’s roundness would be based on the base 10 counting system, which is also arbitrary.
atomicorange@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Not arbitrary. Base 10 because we usually have 10 fingers and those are useful for learning counting. If you have to choose a base, 10 is a good option for humans.