Pat: There are LOTS of ways for human thinking to jump the rails:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases The astounding thing is that some of us get it right as often as we do .... ;-) Cheers, Ezra ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pat Naughtin" <[email protected]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 9:09:12 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [USMA:47413] Emotions or rational thoughts Dear All, This person is confused. Rationally he prefers the metric system, but emotionally he likes to say he dislikes it when he writes: (Don't even get me started on the big metric system push. Is it kilommitters or killo - meeters ? I still don't know. I use it when I build furniture because it's easier, but I don't have to like it.) The references is at: http://15minutelunch.blogspot.com/2010/05/and-she-knows-how-to-use-them.html Cheers, Pat Naughtin Author of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that you can obtain from http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html PO Box 305 Belmont 3216, Geelong, Australia Phone: 61 3 5241 2008 Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. S ee http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication information, contact Pat at [email protected] or to get the free ' Metrication matters ' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe.
