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by shoxidizer 1365 days ago
> A unit that could be inherently defined by math itself and not a farmer looking at their hands and feet?

Where do you think base ten comes from?

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Base 2, 10, 3, 8, hex, radians stay radians.
Radians aren't a unit, and degrees have nothing to do with peoples' hands or feet.

Imagine using an angle measurement for physical things such that angles with rational measurements stack to a full circle. Preposterous.