Bravisssimo!
Yup - one Great place for the utter convenience of decimal equivalencies is physics (and most related sciences: and most sciences Are related). I have little doubt that it aids in the grokking of relationships which would be submerged in cockamamie 'conversions' (ft.-poundals anyone?) and unto distraction.. w/o the sanity of the 'metric' system.
This I believe IS a decent reason for science students to grok the metric system, CGS, MKS and any fanciful new units: as the Man said, it is unseemly that the labors of excellent wo/men should be wasted in repetitive calculation.
As to whether JoeSixp-Ack must needs suffer the carrying of Two count 'em Two.. systems in brain, along with the need to remember the color swatches for the new UAV seat ?? Why not Two or Three along with the reasons Why?
Your call. (Do kids memorize the multiplication tables anymore? Could they, anymore?) Never mind that.. folks are surrounded by exponentially [WTF is That?] growing numbers of techno toys aiming ---> Avogadro's Number [WTF is That?] in the near-future.
Is the brain a muscle, improved with exercise? Or can it be filled-up prematurely.. rendered incapable of recall of Important RBI-stats earlier than say 1982.?. if forced to remember what 'e' might be, to 5 or 6 places Also (?)
[WTF is 'e'?]
Is comfort mostly a drug or is it Only a drug? Is the unending search for More comfort - a sign of premature senility? terminal sloth? the apex of a civilization or its nadir?
IS EZ always/ever better?
Ashton
3.1415926536 is close-enough for Govt. work
22/7 is close enough for <0.1% error.
Why should we care?
From the [link|http://www.cs.unb.ca/~alopez-o/math-faq/mathtext/node18.html|Land of Quayle ] comes: proof that Muricans are a Special EZ-Breed, as in: QED (we don't need no stinkin Latin neither)
