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Post by david on Feb 10, 2017 21:38:18 GMT -2
Hi, I study civil enginering and the last semester I used a engineering book with english units of measurement, I thought with myself "What the hell is it?", Its so weird and without sense.
But my professor said that American scientists use the International System of Units, is it true?
PS: in the exam I had to convert of English unit for international system, really boring, but now I know more about the english units.
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Post by erika on Feb 11, 2017 4:01:10 GMT -2
Hi David, Different people have different culture, different ways of life. Isn't beautiful that we have the possibility of sharing different views?  Peoples' cultures are based on different facts and History. In order to understand why the culture was stabilished in a certain way, we have to study their History, and certainly there is a reason for each cultural element. In North America, the imperial system is still largely used. The imperial system was adopted in USA and Canada since the British Colonization. Despite some places have officially adopted the metric system, everything is set on imperial system for so long, that people simply refuse adopting the new system. Cheers, |
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Post by david on Feb 11, 2017 11:54:04 GMT -2
Thanks for the answre. I still don't understand why they don't changed it. Like a engineer student, trust me, it's so much better, and not just because I always have used the international system, it's really much better, but that's okay, I just hope don't use more engineering book with english units.
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Post by yang on Feb 11, 2017 19:35:41 GMT -2
I kinda agree with David. Actually, not just the metric system, but all the measurement systems, since I cook a lot and I get lots of recipes in English, but I always have to convert the measurements! Not to mention the temperature, the Fahrenheits... But over time I've dealt with it. Although I'm still with you, David. Why do Americans have to make these simple things so complicated?
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Post by Rodrigo Caldas on Feb 11, 2017 19:54:30 GMT -2
Well, if I say "my mobile screen has 10 centimetres" and "my mobile screen has 4 inches", which one is more familiar to you? Probably inches.
How many inches does your TV have? 29? 35? 42? 56? What if I ask you how many centimetres does your TV have? You probably don't know, right? Because you are used to understanding the inches measurements for these kind of situations. That's why you believe it's simpler than the other way. It's the same with American culture using imperial metrics! 😉
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Post by isaac on Feb 12, 2017 0:29:53 GMT -2
É uma briga antiga o sistema métrico foi criado pela frança após a queda do Rei absolutista, desde aquela época a Inglaterra se recusou a adotar o sistema por ser basicamente uma afronta ao poder monárquico, e isso influenciou todas suas colonias. Com a união europeia o país acabou se rendendo ao sistema métrico, infelizmente o mesmo não ocorreu com os Estados Unidos, apesar desse ter assinado o acordo métrico desde a sua criação.Mas existe um processo gradual e muito lento para estabelecer o sistema no país desde 1988 , em alguns lugares já há placas que mostram distancias em milhas e kilometros, e a maior parte dos trabalhos científicos do país segue o sistema internacional de medidas.
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