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Here's a question for you. When you figure that people in the U.S. are already accustomed to Imperial units, and the entire country's infrastructure is based on the Imperial measurements... is it really worth the monetary cost of replacing every road sign and replacing every food label?
Our nation is trillions in debt. One thing my wise grandmother taught me: When you're in debt, you don't spend money on superficial things.
The standard of weights and measures in this country is functional as it is. It doesn't really matter what we use for units, so long as they are defined and understood.
Now, when the U.S.A. becomes debt free, and has the cash to spare. By all means, proceed. The metric system is by far easier. You'll get no argument from me there. A Cadillac is a better car than a Ford as well, but when you have a Ford budget, you don't buy a Cadillac.
These thoughts are so true. Converting to the metric system now would cost many billions of dollars. That's just not a luxury we can afford, especially in these times.
Has anybody besides me noticed that there is no connection between the Metric System and Base-10 Arithmetic, except for the fact that the metric system works only as long as all measurement units are multiples of whatever the base is? If we had Base-12 arithmetic, the metric system would work exactly the same way. Or if we had Base-8, or Base-20? None of that would have the slightest effect on the theory and practice of the metric system of weights and measures.
If we had a Base-12 system, called duodecimal, the number of X's in the pattern below would be written as "10".
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That is also how many millimeters there would be in a centimer.
Has anybody besides me noticed that there is no connection between the Metric System and Base-10 Arithmetic, except for the fact that the metric system works only as long as all measurement units are multiples of whatever the base is? If we had Base-12 arithmetic, the metric system would work exactly the same way. Or if we had Base-8, or Base-20? None of that would have the slightest effect on the theory and practice of the metric system of weights and measures.
If we had a Base-12 system, called duodecimal, the number of X's in the pattern below would be written as "10".
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That is also how many millimeters there would be in a centimer.
Yes. That's the beauty in logic and simplicity of the system that many folks either can't see or they are too stubborn to admit.
There simply is no logical argument against it based purely on numeric/scientific aspects. The number system can go anywhere and things would still be mathematically and practically just as simple. It's that correlation between number system and measurement system that makes things work so well... and of course, that some folks can't seem to get a handle on or see the advantages of.
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