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No, they don't get used, but they should be. We all understand metric prefixes now, and use them for other units. I'm saying we should stop using "thousands/mil
by perilunar 4y ago
No, they don't get used, but they should be. We all understand metric prefixes now, and use them for other units. I'm saying we should stop using "thousands/millions/billions of" kilometres/kilograms, and start using mega/giga/tera metres/grams.
- beAbU 4y agoMeh, I honestly dont think you lose or gain anything going either way. Spoken language is messy AF and I honestly don't see it helping. Case in point, people might think you are conflating nuclear bombs and mass if you say "this ship weighs 5 megatons". Also depending on who you ask, gigagram either sounds like way more, or way less, than 1000 tons. And for scientific writing, 1e9g is about as clear and explicit as it gets.