don't mean to be nudging /sci/'s gimmies and before

it's also a phone number. you should call it, it's a sign.

>>8211719
Because the last digits are added to add significance. This isn't that impressive. It also makes the assumption that egyptions used meters and a unit of seconds equal to the current one which is incredilby unlikely.

>>8211719
Rarely is anything statistically impossible. Plot twist, this isn't statistically impossible.

>>8211732
meters isn't an arbitrary length though... isn't it based on something

>>8211719
Google "false precision". Also, what exactly are your grounds for dismissing pure chance? Why is it unlikely that someone has built something big on latitude/longitude of 2.99792458 or 29.9792458?

>>8211735
"30 March 1791 – The French National Assembly accepts the proposal by the French Academy of Sciences that the new definition for the metre be equal to one ten-millionth of the length of a quadrant along the Earth's meridian through Paris, that is the distance from the equator to the north pole."
You can also google and find out egyptians did not use the meter unit.

>>8211735
It's completely arbitrary.

>>8211735
Yeah, on the speed of light.

>>8211735
The meter is defined by the speed of light.

>>8211735
The Egyptians already had a measurement of length, the cubit. To suggest that they also had meters is straight -up ridiculous.

>>8211746
>>8211747
no.

>>8211740
Should have read more
>>8211747
Is right
"The metre is the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299792458 of a second."

Which is the most arbitrary definition I could possibly imagine.

>>8211760
Apparently, it was originally defined as the length of a pendulum with a period of one second. So it would be somewhat related to the gravitational acceleration and the speed of Earth's rotation around the axis. Still, quite arbitrary.

>>8211768
But this would also mean the precision has signifiantly changed so the value for the speed of light would be different using the old meter.

>>8211719
Didn't know Egyptians used metric system

>>8211769
Well, yeah. It also depends on the value of [math]g[/math] in a particular place (also it was two seconds, fuck me)

>>8211735
Meter is how far light travels in 1/299792458 seconds

>>8211719
>statistically impossible to be a chance occurrence
Statistically certain to be bullshit.

Seven decimal places on a latitude, and it doesn't even specify which pyramid is supposed to be there.

>>8211758
Uhm. Yes

Sorry

>>8211741
.
>>8211778

nevermind, the 1/299,000,000 just came outta nowhere!!!!

>>8211778
>Uhm. Yes
>Sorry
He's not exactly wrong.
The meter was originally defined in relation to the Earth's size (at sea level), see:>>8211741
This is absurdly arbitrary, as sea level changes quite a bit, both from day to day, and more significantly from century to century.
Then they re-defined the meter in relation to certain wavelengths of light.
This was also rather imprecise, and then we got the current definition, which is basically a tautology.
More importantly, the size IS still defined to be very close to the original definition.
More metric keks:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilogram#International_prototype_kilogra
We're taught in school that the kilogram is based on the weight of a liter of water, and it almost is, but it's actually defined as the weight of a particular object made just for this purpose and kept in some basement on the outskirts of Paris

>>8211777
>Seven decimal places on a latitude, and it doesn't even specify which pyramid is supposed to be there.
That's a hair over a millimeter.
Google gives 29.9792 as the latitude of the Great Pyramid at Giza., which differs from OP's figures by about 5 meters

>>8211798
>nevermind, the 1/299,000,000 just came outta nowhere!!!!
If only they HAD defined the meter in relation to c, they could have made it an even 1/300,000,000.

>>8211819
>which is basically a tautology
Not really. It would be if the definition of the second was based on the speed of light, but it's not.

>>8211819
>but it's actually defined as the weight of a particular object made just for this purpose and kept in some basement on the outskirts of Paris

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_redefinition_of_SI_base_units#Kilogram

"the new definition relates it to the equivalent energy of a photon via the Planck constant."

I really hope this passes.

>>8211719
>statistically impossible
There is 50/50 chance
It either happened or it didn't

>>8211819
>That's a hair over a millimeter.
>Google gives 29.9792 as the latitude of the Great Pyramid at Giza., which differs from OP's figures by about 5 meters
same guy here:

Even if I wanted this to be spooky, I just can't fathom the relationship besides coincidental digits.
Ignoring the 5 meter imprecision, the idea here is that the ratio of distance from the pyramid to the equator divided by the distance from equator to the north pole is the same ratio as...???
c divided by 10^8 m/s???
Even if the ancient Egyptians used meters (they didn't) AND degrees (they didn't), then there's still no connection because they didn't use decimal notation.
But never mind THAT.
What if the "latitude for the speed of light" was 500 miles further north?
Would they have invaded Sicily to build the pyramids there?
And what about the other pyramids?
If this were a significant latitude, why aren't the other pyramids at the same latitude?

>>8211854
yall are so dumb its adorable

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>>8211857
>yall are so dumb its adorable
What part don't you like, Mr. Ad-Hominem?

>>8211865
the part where you seemingly attribute your complete inability to come up with an answer to the questions you are asking as though they're the fault of the guy who pointed out this coincidence rather than yourself

>>8211871
>the part where you seemingly attribute your complete inability to come up with an answer to the questions you are asking as though they're the fault of the guy who pointed out this coincidence rather than yourself
????
The whole point is that there is no significance to the coincidence.
Is English your first language?

>>8211719
My dick is 29,9792458cm long, what a coincidence.

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Its off by at least 5 meters or so. If the egyptians had space travel why would they not be able to get it exactly right?

Also Im not sure how our system of coordinates was invented, but if its arbitrary enough, its highly unlikely that the egyptians/ aliens would have come up with the exact same.

And even more important: why did they place it on that specific longitude but on a random as fuck latitude?

>>8211891
>If the egyptians had space travel
They did not, the aliens that helped them build their civilization and instructed them where to build the pyramids did.

>>8211719
It's not even an impressive coincidence.

>>8211891
>why did they place it on that specific longitude but on a random as fuck latitude?
At least latitude is based on the equator vs the poles.
Zero longitude is completely arbitrary.

>>8211896
>It's not even an impressive coincidence.
Compared to what?

>>8211900
yall stupid mofos bro

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>>8211903
>yall stupid mofos bro
you too, fer shizzle muh bizzle

>>8211895
That doesnt answer the problem in the slightest. Why were the aliens too shit at getting it exactly right?

>>8211900
>At least latitude is based on the equator vs the poles.
Oh right, of course that part isnt arbitrary. However splitting ut up in 360° is. Its a great number that has a lot of dividers but its not the absolute best, which Im sure space travelling aliens would use.

>>8211913
>However splitting ut up in 360° is.
That's why I focused on the ratio here:
>>8211854
>the idea here is that the ratio of distance from the pyramid to the equator divided by the distance from equator to the north pole is the same ratio as...???

>>8211891
>f the egyptians had space travel why would they not be able to get it exactly right?
The Russians have space travel, but also built/operated Chernobyl.
Apparently space travel isn't that big a deal.
Maybe interstellar travel requires greater precision.

>>8211768
>Apparently, it was originally defined as the length of a pendulum with a period of one second

Where on Earth?

>>8211951
>Where on Earth?
Anywhere given the poor precision engineers were capable of back then.
Their margin of error was probably larger than the difference in different parts of the Earth.

>>8211768
>originally defined as the length of a pendulum with a period of one second.
I just Googled this, and the pendulum thing is so close to the 90 degrees of latitude thing that it's actually far spookier than OP's pic.

One ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole is almost exactly the same length as a pendulum with a half-period of one second, a unit of time invented long before the pendulum clock.

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>>8211719
>implying the kangz weren't already aware of this

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> google the location of pyramids
> it's not -29.9792

everyone in this thread is retarded

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>>8212480
Wut?

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>>8212750
Nice try buttboy

>>8211719
Google just does that because it's the closest thing of significance on Google maps.

It isn't accurate to more than 1/10th of a degree. -29.9 will get you the pyramids. The actual latitude is: 29.979175.

https://www.metabunk.org/debunked-the-great-pyramid-of-giza-and-the-speed-of-light.t2154/

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>>8211777
>>8211819
>>8211854
>>8211891
Rather amusing if you measure it yourself and disregard parallax error.

>>8212755
>DMS

>>8211865
insulting people isn't an ad hominem

>>8211973
>One ten-millionth of the distance from the equator to the pole is almost exactly the same length as a pendulum with a half-period of one second, a unit of time invented long before the pendulum clock.

[math]2\pi\sqrt{\frac{\frac{\pi R}{2\cdot10^7}}{G\frac{M}{R^2}}} \approx \frac{1}{24}\cdot\frac{1}{60}\cdot\frac{1}{60}\cdot T_\text{rotation of Earth}[/math]

It's like finding Jesus on toast at this point.

>>8211719
>>8211819
Doesn't matter if the latitude is accurate, it's still just a latitude. The astonishing coincidence would be if you couldn't find something important at that line around the whole world.