Apologies for titling from deeper in article, but to do otherwise would be burying the lede.
Also, life mirrors fiction: https://xkcd.com/325/
Also, life mirrors fiction: https://xkcd.com/325/
https://pe.usps.com/text/pub52/pub52c5_007.htm
Spiders and poisonous insects aren't allowed though, except scorpions under certain conditions.
We accept that “A” comes before “B” so therefore “A” is better. “A-“ is smaller than “A” therefore “A-“ must be better!
rank = [A- A A+ B- B B+ C- …]Here's your mistake. Alphabet ordering is decreasing in value.
We value things highly by assigning them symbols with low values, so a symbol with a postfix modifier that gives it a slightly lower value means we value it higher! Or something :)
- bronze-silver-gold-platinum-diamond[1]
- Military patches get more ornate with increased rank
- etc.
Its a nice theory but it doesn't really follow.
[1] Tangential, but I have particular annoyance with how game deal with sub-ranks. Some games indicate the highest tier within a rank with the highest number, whereas others use the lowest number.