Topic: Metric System

In the 1970s and 80s, the Soviet Union conducted top-secret research using large fiberglass pyramids outside Moscow. Researchers discovered that the structures focused energy above their apexes, interfering with aircraft instruments and causing extinct wildflowers to regenerate. Farrell notes that Ukrainian physicist Volodymyr Krasnohorovits found the Great Pyramid's specific Pi/2 ratio to be the unique midpoint between an antenna and a collector, a feature not found in any other structure.

The ancient measurement system is derived from the movement of the Earth on its axis, a method Thomas Jefferson also explored when attempting to create a new system for the United States. Knight asserts that this astronomical basis allows for the derivation of length, time, and mass. He further claims that both the Imperial and Metric systems are modern iterations of this 6,000-year-old geodetic science.

Carlson discusses the geodetic origins of the metric system, which was originally defined as a fraction of the distance from the equator to the North Pole. He points out a mathematical curiosity where the relationship between a mile and a kilometer (roughly 1.6) closely approximates the Golden Section (1.618). A mental math shortcut for converting kilometers to miles using this ratio is provided.