Sounds like a way of distinguishing how absurd, or possibly devastating, an outcome may be as a result of some action.
Were you reading Popular Science and came across the "What Could Possibly Go Wrong" article? If so, I believe that is what they were indicating with the Folly Meter. The higher the number, the more absurd or disastrous the outcome of some action.
There is one meter in a meter...
One meter is 100 centimeters , so there is no meter in a centimeter but its "1/100 meter"
A meter stick typically measures one meter in length.
How many cetimeters are in a meter? Answer: There are 100 centimeters in a meter.
How many millimeters are in a meter? There are 1000 millimeters in a meter.
folly's / of the folly
If a folly is still considered a folly..yes
Folly: That which is done by fools=Hence the quote! "One can not save a fool from his folly!"=
The Divine Folly was created in 1937.
The address of the Folly Beach Branch Library is: 55 Center Street, Folly Beach, 29439 0488
Folly House was created in 1770.
The Price of Folly was created in 1937.
Folly Bridge was created in 1826.
The Praise of Folly was created in 1511.
Wilder's Folly was created in 1769.
Flinx's Folly was created in 2001.
Folly - band - was created in 1997.