“I yield second place to no man in my disgust for the French. But the plain and simple truth is that SI is superior to the archaic, illogical system we use in the United States, despite the fact that it was invented in France. Ignoramuses and xenophobes blocked its adoption here, which has the result of putting American children at a disadvantage in the sciences... since scientists worldwide use SI, but non-American scientists have an intuitive grasp for the mass of a kilogram or the length of a meter that was developed since birth. And I see this same ignorance and xenophobia on display in this very thread by people who apparently are unaware that the pound is defined in terms of the kilogram, you blockheads.
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So much ignorance in one paragraph. Kids have an “intuitive grasp” of the meter and kilo?? Really? What was their basis of knowledge, their ability to see light travel and accurately define it to 3Mm/s??