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May 25, 2021 · Why isn’t the U.S. on the metric system? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice explain the past, present, and future of the metric system. ...more.
Jun 10, 2021 · Neil deGrasse Tyson comes off as a scientific pozer, who resorts to invoking a culture wars argument to preserve and justify non-metric use in the US. To him, our measurement system is our custom , and you should respect our cultural choices, you should “fit in.”
As far as I know, in scientific fields that need to use extreme quantities in SI units (e.g. astronomy, particle physics, that kind of thing), or for historical reasons (e.g. molar masses in chemistry), they just use the kilogram but multiply the numeric value with the desired power of 10.
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Great answer. If you're doing popular science the most important thing is to convey the size, temperature, weight etc of stuff. This is obviously best done with the unit system that the demographic you're targeting, is most familiar with.. As long as you're not calculating anything, the imperial system is alright. Reply reply. THeGaME41. •.
In the video, Neil DeGrasse Tyson and comedian co-host Chuck Nice provide an amusing perspective on the metric system. The International System of Units (SI) is the current international standard metric system and is the most widely used system around the world.
He has held numerous positions at institutions including the University of Maryland, Princeton University, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Hayden Planetarium. In 1994, Tyson joined the Hayden Planetarium as a staff scientist while he was a research affiliate in Princeton University.
