Right, but let's say you go on a vacation and want to make rice but forgot/don't have access to a rice cooker. Now you're trying to remember "is it 1.5:1 or 1:1?" while also hoping that you don't burn the rice on the bottom once you remember "wait, it's actually 1.5:1; damn."

I like the pasta method since the solution would be "add lots of water into pot; throw rice in pot; boil 10 minutes; enjoy."