• a_blanqui_slate [none/use name, any]@hexbear.net
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    11 months ago

    Having actually tried to teach dimensional analysis and conversion factors to students, the fact that we even have two commonly used systems is too many.

    We’ve already crashed a spaceship because of this. The practical need for any group of people in regular communication to adopt a single unit system far outways any ideological objections to it.