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How do we measure the speed of light?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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The Speed of Light Is the Most Important Physical Constant in the Universe

We could spend a lot of time in money measuring how fast light goes relative to this arbitrary unit of distance. But i think people decided that doesn't mean anything anyway. We prefer to make a reasonable unit, one that makes sense. No number that has units on it ever has any meaning, because it just depends on your definition of the units.

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