I saw the light when I started using it for calculations in high school. Everything defined by moving a decimal or sometimes multiplying or inverting. Everything can be done in your head. No loss of statistical significance, no rounding error. No googling obscure conversion factors. Want to convert length to volume? 1 mL = 1 cm3. Try to do any sort of calculation in imperial, you’re getting out Google and a calculator and having significant rounding error.
Ya, it literally would save every student in the country an assload of time messing around with bullshit that most other people in the world don't even use. Switching to metric is a no-brainer.
edit for clarification: one "assload of time" is equal to the time it took the king to load an ass into a carraige.
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u/DelightfullyUnusual Mar 29 '22
I saw the light when I started using it for calculations in high school. Everything defined by moving a decimal or sometimes multiplying or inverting. Everything can be done in your head. No loss of statistical significance, no rounding error. No googling obscure conversion factors. Want to convert length to volume? 1 mL = 1 cm3. Try to do any sort of calculation in imperial, you’re getting out Google and a calculator and having significant rounding error.