Do you really need to know the number of inches from Los Angeles to Portland outside of a lab? Seems unlikely.
That’s the point. In a lab, where conversions and formulas are frequently used, metric makes sense. I use it all the time. Even the US military uses metric for their specifications.
My point is that the metric system is just as useful inside a lab as it is in the real world everyday scenarios. Why use two different systems, when one does the job and is generally a lot easier to work with?
Do you really think that measuring roughly (without a measurement tool) in inches is better than measuring roughly in centimeters or, meters vs. feet, etc? You learn to approximate in each system and make similar rough measurements, but when you need accuracy and actually do some number crunching, one system is superior.
And even in every day life, you often come across knowing you need e.g. 2.3 kilograms of something, but that something is sold in grams. I can instantly convert the numbers on the spot in the store without using a calculator.
I really cannot see a scenario where the imperial system is better.
Unless you give me a reason for converting miles to inches outside of a lab, you haven’t shown what you say you’ve shown.
I can demand you do a bunch of time conversions in your head and pretend your inability to do so means we should switch to metric time. But that would be silly.
I took an astronomy course in college (in America). Want to guess what system we used? It wasn’t inches.
Though even astronomy uses AU, which isn’t an even base-10 multiple of meters but a useful human-scale (or solar system-scale) measurement.
I’ll do the same if you can convert 2.34 days into seconds in your head. Now!
I will, if you give me a realistic scenario where I would need to do such a conversion. In your own words “give me a reason”.
You use non-base 10 units all the time. You’re weirdly quiet on that point.
Just because other things are not as good, doesn’t mean everything else has to. And we are discussing imperial vs metric systems, why are you trying to change the topic?
Do you really need to know the number of inches from Los Angeles to Portland outside of a lab? Seems unlikely.
That’s the point. In a lab, where conversions and formulas are frequently used, metric makes sense. I use it all the time. Even the US military uses metric for their specifications.
Outside the lab, it makes little sense.
My point is that the metric system is just as useful inside a lab as it is in the real world everyday scenarios. Why use two different systems, when one does the job and is generally a lot easier to work with?
Do you really think that measuring roughly (without a measurement tool) in inches is better than measuring roughly in centimeters or, meters vs. feet, etc? You learn to approximate in each system and make similar rough measurements, but when you need accuracy and actually do some number crunching, one system is superior.
And even in every day life, you often come across knowing you need e.g. 2.3 kilograms of something, but that something is sold in grams. I can instantly convert the numbers on the spot in the store without using a calculator.
I really cannot see a scenario where the imperial system is better.
Unless you give me a reason for converting miles to inches outside of a lab, you haven’t shown what you say you’ve shown.
I can demand you do a bunch of time conversions in your head and pretend your inability to do so means we should switch to metric time. But that would be silly.
I took an astronomy course in college (in America). Want to guess what system we used? It wasn’t inches.
Though even astronomy uses AU, which isn’t an even base-10 multiple of meters but a useful human-scale (or solar system-scale) measurement.
I gave you a perfect example of kilos to grams. Use a bit of your own imagination for a similar example for measuring distances.
E.g. You know you need 2.34 feet of wire, but the wire is sold by inches. Convert. Now!
Happy?
I’ll do the same if you can convert 2.34 days into seconds in your head. Now!
You use non-base 10 units all the time. You’re weirdly quiet on that point.
I will, if you give me a realistic scenario where I would need to do such a conversion. In your own words “give me a reason”.
Just because other things are not as good, doesn’t mean everything else has to. And we are discussing imperial vs metric systems, why are you trying to change the topic?
Glad we agree. 😄