I have read that contempt for
the metric system was at least indirectly responsible for a number of
NASA disasters. And I would not be surprised that there are costly
mistakes in American hospitals as a consequence of what Vladimir Putin
calls " American exceptionalism " even here.
If Putin is not invited to your Tea Party, then consider the opinion of the famous science writer Isaac Asimov: there is a Cult of Ignorance in America.
Informed people know that despite our celebrated " Way of Life " America is far from the best place to live in the world today.
Lincoln Chafee actually distinguished himself here in his support for the metric system - a far more rational system of units.
It is not easy to " convert " . Some Catholics -for some strange reason and long after the collapse of the Soviet Union- still pray for the CONVERSION of Russia. Perhaps THAT conversion will happen sooner than WE convert to the metric system. America is already " God's Country "- even if HE does not believe it.
If Putin is not invited to your Tea Party, then consider the opinion of the famous science writer Isaac Asimov: there is a Cult of Ignorance in America.
Informed people know that despite our celebrated " Way of Life " America is far from the best place to live in the world today.
Lincoln Chafee actually distinguished himself here in his support for the metric system - a far more rational system of units.
It is not easy to " convert " . Some Catholics -for some strange reason and long after the collapse of the Soviet Union- still pray for the CONVERSION of Russia. Perhaps THAT conversion will happen sooner than WE convert to the metric system. America is already " God's Country "- even if HE does not believe it.
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