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Originally Posted by Solitaire1
But that makes sure that people are kept fluent in how to do mathematics. In turn, decimal has a problem of it being complicated to convert a decimal to a fraction when it comes to repeating decimals, so a decimal-based system can result in complexity too.
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I prefer the imperial system for two reasons, both related to its utility for the average person. The units are useful gradations; e.g., inches, feet, yards and cup, pint, quart, gallon, as opposed to going from too small to too large. They’re also readily divisible by two, three and four as opposed to two, five and ten.
Anthony Burgess argued that LSD was preferable to decimal coinage because it also allowed for division by seven, as in the days of the week, but I’m not prepared to go that far!