I Changed My Mind About Imperial Units

Everyone says the metric system is superior in every way, but I disagree. Imperial units win in normal life every single time.

Nick Lucid - Host, Writer, Editor, Animator Emily Lucid - Producer, Captions

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SOURCES

International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM): https://www.bipm.org/en/si-base-units/second https://www.bipm.org/en/si-base-units/metre https://www.bipm.org/en/si-base-units/kilogram

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/nist-handbook-44-current-edition https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/faqs/us-metrication-faqs https://www.nist.gov/si-redefinition/second-introduction https://www.nist.gov/pml/us-surveyfoot https://www.nist.gov/si-redefinition/meter https://www.nist.gov/si-redefinition/kilogram-introduction

TIME CODES

00:00 Intro 00:47 Scientific Standards 01:35 US Standards 02:12 Modern Metric Standards 02:47 Are Imperial Units Cursed? 03:13 Metric Prefixes 03:44 Metric Base Units 04:09 Base 10 04:30 Base 12 and 16 05:07 Closing Thoughts