I like imperial only because I’ve used it my whole life, and daily as a carpenter. But I have to admit metric is far superior in its simplicity
I figured as a carpenter you would understand by base12 is superior to base10 for carpentry.
Divide by half: 6 vs 5. Meh.
Divide by quarters: 3 vs 2.5. Imperial wins.
Divide by thirds. 4 vs 3.33333333333333333333... Imperial is the clear winner.
The only factors of 10 are 1, 2, 5, and 10. The factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12. Equal divisions is clearly superior on base12. (It's not even harder to count on your fingers, since you have a palm that all those fingers and thumbs are attached to. 8 fingers+2 thumbgs+2 palms = 12.)
I agree with the base 12 part of it regarding the amount of inches into feet. But it gets complex when it is broken down into 12 inches, and then inches is broken down into 16ths. , Both of those numbers are cleanly divisible by four (quarter), but when it comes time to scale your measurements, a calculator and complicated figuring is required.
192 inches is 16 feet in imperial. That’s a calculation many people cant make off the top of their head, whereas if you had the equivalent measurement to 16 ft, 4.88 m, you would know that that is 488 cm. Easy
9/10 times, they are simply going to round that 488 up to 500.
Which is why metric is stupidly solving a problem that doesn't exist.
Divide be thirds. 4 ...
Yes, dividing TWELVE into thirds is easy. Do you know of any other numbers besides 12 though? What a stupid argument.
counting on fingers
LOL. You are in lala land.
Do you know of any other numbers besides 12 though? What a stupid argument.
No. That's the point. It's not a stupid argument, it's a stupid listener.
The only factors of 10 are 1, 2, 5, and 10. The factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12. Equal divisions is clearly superior on base12.
That's a good point, base 12 is more efficient in that respect. in the UK I'm kinda flicking between the two because I'm used to doing something as precise as possible
I've never thought of using the palm to count, lol
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