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We also drive on the left in Australia. It was arbitrary which side to drive on since neither left nor right is superior. Miles vs km on the other hand...
by jazoom 9y ago
We also drive on the left in Australia. It was arbitrary which side to drive on since neither left nor right is superior. Miles vs km on the other hand...
- Piskvorrr 9y agoIt doesn't really matter which is superior or if there even is a superior option - the inertia of the existing system is large enough to prevent a change (The Swedish had a driving side switch at the very last moment it was feasible: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagen_H https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagen_H ). If the imperial-to-metric switch is hard, how harder would it be to change a whole counting system that's embedded in much of the culture?