LIGO measurement precision

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CS_Su2012_02 · Codes and Standards, Summer 2012 · §2.p1

So getting back to my lecture yesterday — I started talking about measurement leading to science. There's the Lord Kelvin quote. Then we started talking about observables, and the real theme on observables is, I wanted to take you from the sublime to the ridiculous. The sublime is LIGO, one part in 10 to the 22nd. And the ridiculous is I get up here with a grinding wheel and start showing you sparks.