Talk:Social inertia

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• This important concept bears significantly on any understanding of current social phenomena as well as the very process by which changes occur in a society. The term can be used to explain 1.) the persistence of religious doctrine 2.) the continued use of fossil fuels 3.) why languages retain a high degree of constancy (in any given period) despite a considerable rate of change.
• Despite the obvious utility of this term it is not widely used or even understood outside of academic contexts.

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An example of social inertia can be noticed in United States inconformity with the SI standard units (see metric system in the United States for details.)

This sounds a bit loaded against non-SI-units to me. By whose standards is not adopting a particular measurement system considered 'inertia', and how can these standards be defended without resorting to a particular point of view? I think it should be rephrased better or replaced with a less controversial example. An Edwardian Sunday (talk) 03:42, 19 February 2008 (UTC)