tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349827180761824424.post3313270221763719298..comments2023-10-26T14:28:24.263-07:00Comments on Global Wahrman: Poetic and Ecclesiastical Implications of Adopting the Metric SystemGlobal Wahrmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06980370485078138698noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349827180761824424.post-38253821218304750452013-01-16T17:23:29.536-08:002013-01-16T17:23:29.536-08:00i don´t feel bad with the metric system
and as eur...i don´t feel bad with the metric system<br />and as european i think it was good to have had the french revolution...<br />erichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349827180761824424.post-64817485444839439092013-01-02T10:55:53.463-08:002013-01-02T10:55:53.463-08:00Check out the book:
The Measure of All Things: The...Check out the book:<br />The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Changed the World<br /> By Ken Alder<br /><br />The original measurement was fudged by Pierre Mechain who suffered a nervous breakdown in the process.<br /><br /> P.D.Ouspensky, A New Model of the Universe (1934)<br /><br />“New ideas can just as easily be too logical and therefore defective. We can see many curious examples of the conflict between psychological and logical thinking - which then of necessity becomes defective - in various ‘intellectual’ reforms of old habits and customs.Tom Barronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349827180761824424.post-1228348914833078202013-01-02T10:52:09.383-08:002013-01-02T10:52:09.383-08:00Check out the book:
The Measure of All Things: The...Check out the book:<br />The Measure of All Things: The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error That Changed the World<br /> By Ken Alder<br /><br />Its a great human story.<br /><br />The original measurement (of the Earth) for the "standard" was fudged by Pierre Mechain as he suffered a mental breakdown in the process.<br /><br />Also:<br /> P.D.Ouspensky, A New Model of the Universe (1934)<br /><br />“New ideas can just as easily be too logical and therefore defective. We can see many curious examples of the conflict between psychological and logical thinking - which then of necessity becomes defective - in various ‘intellectual’ reforms of old habits and customs.<br /><br />--TMBTom Barronnoreply@blogger.com