Dear Joe and All,
on 2002/03/04 12.45, Joseph B. Reid at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Pat Naughtin wrote in USMA 18495:
>
>> Dear Joe and All,
>
>> However you do raise the point that CGPM are also confused on this issue, so
>> I suspect that we will not see any goal setting coming from there.
>
>
> Where did you get the idea that I thought the CGPM was confused? I think
> the CGPM is prudent and cautious. They certainly would not attempt to woo
> the public away from using minutes and hours. That attempt would produce
> derision and the public would consider the CGPM to be a bunch of crackpots.
I drew this inference from your statement (in USMA: 18495):
'We have a well-established mongrel system; it is the measurement of time.
That was so well established world-wide that the metric fathers did not
dare to touch it.'
You are quite right � you did not imply that CGPM was confused. Your
statement was that they 'did not dare to touch it.'
However, I still feel that this suggests that CGPM does not have a goal for
a universal coherent system of units. They, too, are influenced by:
. historical considerations
. special pleading by scientific groups
. arguments about safety by medical groups
. direct political pressure at the whim of powerful politicians
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Cheers,
Pat Naughtin
CAMS - Certified Advanced Metrication Specialist
- United States Metric Association
ASM - Accredited Speaking Member
- National Speakers Association of Australia
Member, International Federation for Professional Speakers
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