I share your grief Ezra. We often watch science documentaries. Sometimes a
scientist speaking will use SI units, then the narrator will jump in and
ruin everything by dumbing it down with non-SI units. I feel a real
disconnect and inconsistency when watching American documentaries. We also
watch BBC and France24 news broadcasts. Sometimes a BBC reporter will give,
for example, wind speed (like this morning on Philipines) in km per hour,
but other times in miles per hour. The BBC seems to be inconsistent;
sometimes SI, other times, non-SI. Even France24, which gives news with
mostly SI units will sometimes use miles or feet, perhaps because they
think they are doing their English-speaking audience a favor. I first
started watching Al-Jazeera news many many months ago specifically because
they use SI units, but now, they have this Al-Jazeera America that is
specifically taylored for American audience, all dumbed down in non-SI
units. Very very sad indeed.
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Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2014 20:34:40 +0000 (UTC)
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Subject: [USMA:54165] NASA needs to get its measurement act together
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
This is a fascinating video about the Webb telescope being built by
NASA. Way cool!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/15/we-are-not-alone-in-universe-nasa-habitable-planets_n_5588455.html
Unfortunately, nearly everything they say when it comes to
measurements, distance, etc. is US Customary rather than SI.
Very, very sad ....
Ezra
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