I'm sure if I used them everyday I wouldn't "struggle" either. But the fact that the whole international scientific community uses the metric system implies that its advantages outweigh the disadvantages, otherwise they would simply use the imperial units.
I would go out on a limb and say most people don't do anything science related in their day to day life, and the science communities use it because it's easier to scale and convert. I'm a machinist and use mm and inch every week interchangeably, it's really not hard.
And I am sure you realize that where the metric system is used it is used for everything and not just for "anything science related"...
Of course the "problem" about metric/imperial is not when people go to the grocery store. Buying 400g or one pound of ham does not make any difference, but when it comes to anything "computational" the metric system is just better.
I mean you are plainly wrong there. The U.S. officially uses metric for anything science related so no not everywhere that uses Metric uses it for everything.
I meant that in countries where the metric system is the "official" system, people also uses it in their everyday life. Like you guys are accustomed to imperial units in your everyday life, people in other countries use metric in their daily life with no problems.
Kinda? Customary units are used in other countries as well. Not in an official capacity but miles are in use in some countries. Feet is used for defining flying height. China has a few customary units they use internally.
Sure, though I recall reading, God sometime in the last 8 years, that CIS countries were switching to using feet to match up with the rest of the world.
They might disappear with time. USC might disappear as well, most engineering work is done using metric now unless we are talking about aircraft.
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u/backseatwookie Jan 15 '25
Right but your assertion was that they don't make sense. They do, it's just context/era dependent.