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I think this is what happens when people stick to units of measurement like acres or inches or, most cursed of all, Fahrenheit.
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I think this is what happens when people stick to units of measurement like acres or inches or, most cursed of all, Fahrenheit. Just switching to metric or whatever isn't really an option, mathematical equivalence be damned:
... writing and speech may play such different cultural or cognitive roles that using separate languages makes more sense than using different forms of the same one.
(Ted Chiang, "Story of Your Life")
Edit: weight of material by area gives Fahrenheit a run for their money, that's true.
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