The metric system?

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Should the entire world use and embrace the metric system?

Why or why not?

 

[~KAGE-008]

We use it over here in CR. It's so easy to get used to.

 

[Crusader]

Should use a hybrid like here in England. Miles instead of kms.

 

[DrLeftover]

We should measure length by the Handspan, Cubit, and Rod.

Time should be fractions or multiples of a Fortnight.

And weight? Well, I'm OK using Stone.

 

[Evil Eye]

Might as well, it's the SI norm.

We should measure length by the Handspan, Cubit, and Rod.

Time should be fractions or multiples of a Fortnight.

And weight? Well, I'm OK using Stone.

Don't forget about switching to base 12, measuring brightness in candle equivalents, and using ant power as a measurement of force.

 

[DrLeftover]

Might as well, it's the SI norm.

We should measure length by the Handspan, Cubit, and Rod.

Time should be fractions or multiples of a Fortnight.

And weight? Well, I'm OK using Stone.

Don't forget about switching to base 12, measuring brightness in candle equivalents, and using ant power as a measurement of force.

We'll do those and then switch to the new alphabet.

Paracelsus's Alphabet of the Magi

 

[Evil Eye]

Let's use that for simple phonetics and use Chinese for normal writing.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

What a nonsensical debate here

 

[DrLeftover]

We try.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

We try.

You started it!

 

[DrLeftover]

We try.

You started it!

I beg to differ.

The OP, something about the whole world using some idiot measuring system based on a measurement "the length of the path traveled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second."

So, we just answered a nonsense post with equivalent nonsense.

 

[Evil Eye]

the length of the path traveled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of

9192631770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium 133 atom.
http://www.bipm.org/en/si/si_brochure/chapter2/2-1/second.html


Apparent randomness aside, I'd say it preferable to have one common system of measurements across nations.

 

[buysell-browse.com]

I prefer buying gas by the gallon. If you switch to liters, they'll just get an easy way to jack up the price four times faster.

 

[WHO IS SERAFIN]

Should the entire world use and embrace the metric system?

Why or why not?

Let the world embrace what they want. I will stick with my inches, feet and gallons thank you very much!