Talk:1970s in science and technology

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This article was nominated for deletion on 27 April 2012. The result of the discussion was snow keep.

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Original research

I've removed the {{original research}} tag as it's not obvious where any problems may exist. Please feel free to restore it along with a description on this page of any concerns. --RexxS (talk) 16:47, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Period of dichotomy

The article currently contains this text: "The evolution of the computer produced an interesting duality in the physical sciences at this period — analogue recording technology had reached its peak and was incredibly sophisticated. However, digital measurement and mathematical tools, now becoming cheaper (though still out of reach for the general public) allowed discrete answers and imaging of physical phenomena, albeit at a low resolution and a low bandwidth of data. This tendency was to reach its peak in 1982, though the period 1974–1982 represents the 'period of dichotomy' in the metrication of the sciences."

I can't figure out what this means. What was the duality or dichotomy? What reached its peak in 1982? What does "metrication" mean in this context, given that the Metrication article says "Metrication or metrification is conversion to the metric system of units of measurement."

There are no sources cited, none leap out at me from a web search, and basically I think maybe this is all somewhere between blather and WP:OR. I'm inclined to pare it back dramatically. 71.197.166.72 (talk) 20:35, 15 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]