base 10 is dumb, dozenal systems are better. If only the French had gone through with dozenalism and made metric with base 12, things would've been glorious
not just 3, there are a lot more factors. 12 is (1,2,3,4,6,12) and within that 4 is divisible by 2, 6 is divisible by 2 and 3 vs 10 which is (1,2,5,10) and nothing special within that. Dozenal lets you do a lot of things that decimal doesn't, it's just kinda better for number sense.
You really see it when you talk fractions to someone who's done some kind of woodworking for decades with imperial units, even though we use decimal they still have fractions locked down, and that's partially just because of how the pieces of 12 play with each other, of course, anyone will be proficient after decades of experience but it's just different with that
They have more rigorous definitions today. I think the distance light travels in x seconds or something
Couldn't you also figure that out with feet and inches too
yes but as others have commented here, the superiority comes not from the meter but from the system of multiplying everything by 10
imperial units aren't even the same in UK and US, e.g. gallons are way off
base 10 is dumb, dozenal systems are better. If only the French had gone through with dozenalism and made metric with base 12, things would've been glorious
why? cause you can divide by 3?
not just 3, there are a lot more factors. 12 is (1,2,3,4,6,12) and within that 4 is divisible by 2, 6 is divisible by 2 and 3 vs 10 which is (1,2,5,10) and nothing special within that. Dozenal lets you do a lot of things that decimal doesn't, it's just kinda better for number sense.
You really see it when you talk fractions to someone who's done some kind of woodworking for decades with imperial units, even though we use decimal they still have fractions locked down, and that's partially just because of how the pieces of 12 play with each other, of course, anyone will be proficient after decades of experience but it's just different with that