Hello Bj”rn,

 LL>> Global units. What are global units? The imperial system is used
 LL>> throughout the world. The metric system is also used throughout the
 LL>> world. There are also other systems that are used throughout the
 LL>> world. So what makes a system truly global?

 BF> Sorry to blast your bubble. No, your imperial system is *NOT* used
 BF> throughout the world. You are confusing "used" with "knowing about it but
 BF> shaking head and ignoring it".

The US customary system is also used throughout the world, although
mostly only by folks in the USA. Ex-pats do like to continue doing
things the way they have always done, regardless of where they are.

 BF> What makes the metric system truly global? The global standardization
 BF> committee of course! Duh!

What makes use of one's hand and/or other body parts truly global?
I never thought anybody would need a committee of any kind to decide
that issue.

 BF> It's called the SI because of it's international origin (not related to
the
 BF> oranges that your illiterate POTUS is talking about over and over again,
 BF> mind you).

Everybody has body parts that can be counted.

 BF> The International System of Units = the modern form of the metric system.

I am not disagreeing that it is a system that is widely used.
There are also other systems that are also used. Some exclusively,
others not. What we have in the world today is not a one-world
system, but a mixture of different systems.

 BF> In all the schools around the world (except in one country) this is the
 BF> system that the next generations are taught.

Not exclusively. Many schools in the USA do teach the metric
system, as well as the US customary system. Many schools in the
UK do teach the metric system, as well as the imperial system.
And then there are schools in the South Pacific that teach a
much different kind of system ...

--Lee

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