Customary American vs Metric

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[–]pulverize 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Because the meter as defined by the path traveled by light in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second isn't arbitrary at all.

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    [–]pulverize 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    And we use duodecimal, base 12, to measure time.

    [–]NatSoc_Fren 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    Indeed, the metric system is arbitrary. However, vis a vis the American system, metric is much less arbitrary