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minus-square4lan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-210 months agoLol is it? Think of all the different numbers you have to divide different units in our system by to convert. numbers are base 10 for every single society on earth. Metric units always scale by 10. It’s literally perfect for how we interpret numbers
minus-squareSlopppyEngineerlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoMetric is convenient for people that understand decimal numbers. Someone is 1.70 meter in height Imperial was designed for people that only know fractions. Someone is 5 feet 9 inches.
minus-squareWugmeister@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months ago*every single western society
Lol is it?
Think of all the different numbers you have to divide different units in our system by to convert.
numbers are base 10 for every single society on earth. Metric units always scale by 10. It’s literally perfect for how we interpret numbers
Metric is convenient for people that understand decimal numbers. Someone is 1.70 meter in height
Imperial was designed for people that only know fractions. Someone is 5 feet 9 inches.
*every single western society