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No, c is not a fundamental constant.Whyndham_UCL said:
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/constants.html
To all: this thread has gotten out of hand and is full of misinformation. Please read the linked article. The value of c is entirely an artifact of your choice of units and has no physical significance; furthermore you cannot logically talk about the value of c independent of the units.
The only quantities which are independent of the units are dimensionless quantities, like the fine structure constant. I don't know why so many people seem resistant to this idea. Also, the dimensionless constants are the ones that contain the physics. See:
https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=2011753&postcount=55
https://www.physicsforums.com/showpost.php?p=2015734&postcount=68
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