Such a choice might get you removed as emperor of the world -- the number related of engineering, scientific, and medical errors might be high. Generations of s

Such a choice might get you removed as emperor of the world -- the number related of engineering, scientific, and medical errors might be high. Generations of scientists would remember such an emperor, but not in a positive light. I share your consternation with the kilogram's name, but it is almost as fundamental to our units as Franklin's implicit, and perhaps unfortunate, choice to call the charge of the electron negative. Furthermore, the pound is a unit of force. One can find locations (poles and equator) on Earth's surface where the measured weights of an object can differ by at least 0.5% [1], making any definition of mass based upon weight troublesome. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_of_Earth#Latitude https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity_of_Earth#Latitude