I don't know what that meant.

I'm Angela Duckworth.

I'm Mike Mann and you're listening to no stupid questions.

Today on the show, why do we settle for suboptimal situations?

King George's final prank on the US was,

you guys take the imperial system. Angela, we have a fascinating question today from John from Fallon Nevada.

Okay, Fallon, Nevada, go.

He says, why do we entrench in the suboptimal?

One would think that the best stuff rises to the top, but not so we often get stuck with things that are not that good.

Think he says of the cordy keyboard.

I mean that's just what it's called because the letters,

right, Q-W-E-R-T-I at the beginning. Think of the Korty keyboard, we still use it, even though we know it's sub-optimal.

Fahrenheit makes less sense than Celsius, but the US state with Fahrenheit.

Even 2 liter bottles of soda used a different

measurement than the rest of the U.S measurement system. Why doesn't the

cream always rise to the top? You know John from Fallon Nevada, I just

googled Fallon Nevada. According to Wikipedia, there are only 9,326

people other than John who live in Fallon Nevada.

Wait, can I just say quickly?

I have been to Fallon Nevada?

What?

Wait, why were you in Fallon Nevada?

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