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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 3441619, member: 78244&quot;]You are very wrong in your definition of an “objective standard”.</p><p><br /></p><p>An ojective standard is one which has been clearly defined and is looked to to compare against. If it needs to be changed, such as with the kilogram, it is simply redefined and clearly published so that people know what the standard is and continue comparing against the new standard. When you compare against the standard, it either matches or it doesn’t, or is composed of a definite number of standard units. In other words, comparing with it is completely objective.</p><p><br /></p><p>A subjective standard, on the other hand, has no clear definition that can be compared to. Is there a clear definition for labeling something as “pretty”? Or how about “big”? These standards lie within each individual person, and they can change them without defining how the standard would be compared to. These are opinions, and they are the definition of subjective.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look me in the eye and tell me that I can hold up a random object and say “the mass of this object is one kilogram” and be correct 100% of the time. If you say that I am correct all of the time, then the kilogram is a subjective standard. If you say that I am only correct when the object matches the established definition of a kilogram, then it is an objective standard.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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