The one thing that really resonates with me from this article is also the silliest thing: Why decibels instead of bels? Everyone has multiplied in scientific no

The one thing that really resonates with me from this article is also the silliest thing: Why decibels instead of bels? Everyone has multiplied in scientific notation before, and making a power ratio of 10^4 = 4 B would be so much more intuitive for conversion to absolute figures. It's a completely silly complaint, given that it's literally just a decimal point instead of a d, but it would make mental math of absolute conversions that much faster, especially for people who don't live and breathe amplifier chains all day. I want to live in a world where a radio can be specified as a -10.2 Bm sensitivity. -9 is three SI prefixes down from 1 mW, so less than 0.1 pW.