He gets the history basically right, but appears to have little appreciation for the advantages of a rational system of measurement over an ad-hoc collection of legacy units. In the end he concludes that, even in Europe, the people adopted the metric system only because they were forced to by the government. I suppose you could also say people only obey traffic laws because they are forced to, but that doesn't mean the laws are a bad idea. I guess streamlining commerce and trade, reducing errors and cutting costs don't count.
On Sat, Dec 7, 2019 at 7:23 PM James R. Frysinger <[email protected]> wrote: > I cannot recall any mention of this on the mail list or in Metric Today, > so I call it to USMA's attention: > > https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DyseldOMcT4Q&data=02%7C01%7Cusma%40lists.colostate.edu%7C2dfff744683e4ff3ebce08d77c74379a%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C0%7C637114710913580791&sdata=pKF%2F%2FdqmyQIuQzo6LfH2Fnw%2FQ9qTJ4rwqbfXU0XmmCM%3D&reserved=0 > The History Guy talks a kilometer a minute, so I had to replay several > segments of this video presentation. But it's quite an interesting > presentation. > > Jim Frysinger > > -- > James R. Frysinger > 632 Stoney Point Mtn Rd > Doyle TN 38559-3030 > > (C) 931.212.0267 > (H) 931.657.3107 > (F) 931.657.3108 > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma >
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