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[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

zero weight were easily observable

how?

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 32 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People looked at yo mama and could immediately conceive of the opposite

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

conceive of the opposite

Meh I don't believe that they could avoid overshooting to negative weight

[–] _danny@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

How much water, by weight, is in an empty cup? Round to the nearest amount an average 17th century merchant could identify.

[–] BillyTheSkidMark@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess in terms of an actual weightless object... Not... But if you have 2 equal weight items, call their combined weight 1 weight unit, take one away, that's half a weight unit, take two away, that's zero weight units.