> I'm not saying the units make more sense now. I am saying that failing to recognise the logic by which the units were derived misses some highly salient point

> I'm not saying the units make more sense now. I am saying that failing to recognise the logic by which the units were derived misses some highly salient points. I can recognise the logic in historical units of measurements, but I do think some of them are forced - "I want a third of a dozen" - wouldn't you just say you wanted four?.