Whichever system is "best" depends on the person ...
"No it doesn't. There is such a thing as mathematical truth."
Not everyone carries out their day "mathematically".
I prefer to use stones and pounds to measure my body weight (I say "weight" instead of "mass" as that equates to the language of non-physics dependant people going about their day to day activities). So to me, that is best. Best because I speak the language of my peers and best because it means something to me. That doesn't mean I don't know what a kilogramme is, it's just my personal preference to choose st/lb. In fact it never needs to occur to me that it equates to 'n' kg, even though behind the scenes that's what it is.
To say "no it doesn't" in relation to what I personally find "best" is to require you to know more about me and how I carry out my daily activities than I do. Either that or I have unwittingly developed an in-built ignorance to "what is best for me".
But as I said - there really isn't (or shouldn't be) an emotional dimension to metric or imperial.
From: "Philip S Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:32364] Re: kilogram redefinition Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 11:45:46 -0000
> My point is that at some point the two measures were brought together in > order to establish a conversion factor between the two. At this point > neither "side" is made to be "better" because of this. I actually agree > that with two measuring systems existing in the world today its > important to > have a clear international agreement on how they compare.
Quite true that there is now a fixed relationship between the imperial pound
and the kilogram. They both measure the same thing it's merely that one is
bigger than the other. That relationship by itself does not define either of
them. One of them has to be related to the physical world. Having done that
the other is superfluous.
I know which my money is on.
> Whichever system is "best" depends on the person ...
No it doesn't. There is such a thing as mathematical truth.
Phil Hall
