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Well, no, it’s not this argument because as you rightfully pointed everyone did switch to the metric system while absolutely no one switched to decimal time. I’
by WastingMyTime89 4y ago
Well, no, it’s not this argument because as you rightfully pointed everyone did switch to the metric system while absolutely no one switched to decimal time. I’m French by the way.
People do divide hours in twelfth, sixth and third all the time. Thinking in blocks of 5 and 10 minutes is very common.
- yencabulator 4y agoThinking in blocks of 5 and 10 units is very common in metric systems too. The fact that 10 minutes is 1/6th of an hour is not very relevant; that it's a good size unit for pragmatic use is.