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You could say the same thing about most Imperial units, but most people still prefer the metric system.
by MichaelDickens 8y ago
You could say the same thing about most Imperial units, but most people still prefer the metric system.
- njarboe 8y agoI would say most people prefer the one they learned first. For doing science metric is usually better. Easier unit conversions. I think inches/feet are better for construction as you have more options at what level of accuracy you want to work with and splitting things up unless you need to have a fifth of something.
- kibwen 8y agoAnd to think, we could unify Imperial and metric if we just shift the whole world to a duodecimal number system! :P
- SamBam 8y agoThat's actually exactly why I like working in Imperial when woodworking. You're composing and dividing things by 2 all the time, so a base-2 fractional system is great.