I know that as a scientist, I am expected to loathe all imperial measurements--inches, cups, quarts, gallons and Fahrenheit. Whining about the United States' failure to embrace the metric system? Default behavior for dim bulbs seeking to seem sophisticated. You know what? I don't like metric measurements for many daily tasks. Why? Factors! The metric system is based around base 10 numbers. Why? We have ten fingers, so our counting system is based around base 10. This ...

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