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Originally Posted by Juevento
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As someone in a technical field, I hate the metric system. I have absolutely zero frame of reference for metric units (i.e. length, force, pressure, energy, etc). With imperial units I have an innate understanding of what a lbf, psi, btu are.
Having said that milliseconds aren't necessarily metric as they are used in all unit systems.
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Frame of reference is familiarity. Once you get the frame of reference, no prob.
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Originally Posted by fadetree
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I agree with Juvento....and its not just because I grew up used to imperial. The metric scales for the most part seem too fine grained and too small to have a good intuitive grasp on. A joule is very small, but a foot pound is macro enough to have an analog in my primitive brain. Of course, this same quality makes metric better for actually doing math.
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A Joule isn't that much smaller. It's almost 3/4 of a foot-pound. And if ever there is a huge difference, then just increase the size of the unit.
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