10:10
Peter ] ] ] ] ]
"The reason for this drift has eluded physicists who have dedicated their careers to the SI unit of mass. No plausible mechanism has been proposed to explain either a steady decrease in the mass of the IPK, or an increase in that of its replicas dispersed throughout the world."
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU CAN DEDICATE A CAREER TO THIS
10:10
k.s.hood
I guess you don't know how academics work then
Narrowest fields ever
10:10
Peter ] ] ] ] ]
I think the thing that gets me is
physicists
multiple
10:10
k.s.hood
Well, its probably less than 10
I want to believe there are precisely two
Who both hate each other
10:11
Peter ] ] ] ] ]
hahaha
you and I we should write a novel
10:11
k.s.hood
Hopefully your writing skills are better than mine
10:12
Peter ] ] ] ] ]
it'll be about the theft of the international kilogram
from the perspectives of both rival physicists
10:12
k.s.hood
Ha
10:12
Peter ] ] ] ] ]
we will each assume the viewpoint of one
the conclusion would be
it was stolen by a physicist
working on metres
to secure more grant money
to build the perfect metre
10:14
k.s.hood
That sounds suitably ridiculous
The general public might even find it plausible
The solution is of course, to note that the metre scientist did something that broke academic integrity, ruining his career
This something will not be related to stealing the prototype
10:20
Peter ] ] ] ] ]
"…and he looked upon his creation with trebidation, his pièce de résistance, a metre perfect in every way. He savoured it, caressing its body with his eyes, gently. This, he thought, will finally bring him the citations he deserved."
10:21
I think there should be explosions somewhere
also he drops his metre
altering its atomic configuration
it will never be perfect again
some things are not for the realm of men
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