International System of Units overhauled in historic vote

Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by KozmoNau7 on Saturday November 17, 2018 @02:40AM (#18474481)

The imperial system is terrible for cooking, in my experience as a home cook and baker.

Measuring dry goods by volume instead of by weight? Good luck ever getting consistent results.

Base 10 math is the most intuitive for humans. Fractions are an abomination.

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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by njarboe on Saturday November 17, 2018 @02:56PM (#18477056)

Math isn't intuitive for humans. It takes a lot of work to learn it and most people don't remember any of it past school age. If we taught base 12 instead of 10 it would be just as intuitive.

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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by KozmoNau7 on Saturday November 17, 2018 @03:19PM (#18477174)

But we don't. The number system used in the western world is base 10. So why add base 12 on top of that?

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