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
Striding Folly was created in 1972.
Folly - band - was created in 1997.
Folly - band - ended in 2008.
Payne's Folly was created in 1750.
Wilder's Folly was created in 1769.
Flinx's Folly was created in 2001.
Blind Folly was created in 1940.