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I'd be interested why ships still use outdated miles, nautical miles etc, whilst the rest of the civilized world use the better system of metric? I am aware America continue to use outdated imperial, but I feel that's for another known reason (keeping students confused of science). But my reasoning for ships (worldwide) is still unsure why they do this? Answers I've made up in my head are: 1. Old ships with old gauges. ie cost involved to update. 2. Drunkards! That's right. Ships, boats, fishing has nortiously been seen as drunks, thus not caring about learning better methods. 3. I suspect this is the real reason. But actually I don't know this option!
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@EvanG529 Negative. We confirm base 10 metric is easier to learn, and is student (kid) friendly. Imperial is multiple divisions of different units. And labels of feet yards and stones etc, sound ridiculously confusing to anyone.
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@EvanG529 The argument has already been won by metric. Most countries (like mine) metric came in over 50 years ago. |The winning argument was: Easier to teach, easier for students to grasp. NO highway signs say 3 1/2 miles to go, here or anywhere around the world. When removing imperial we also removed fractions. Fractions nearly non existent in all countries bar America. A highway sign here would state 5kms until turn off. (or whatever varied kms it is). We also don't have 3.5 Kms to go, as that may offer confusion. Thus signs are placed on the KM whole point. SOME roads/paths etc. May say 200 metres until end, or 500 metres etc. But NEVER 1/4 of a km, or a 1/2 of a km. Which begs the question. Why is the US the only country not following suit from many decades ago? My PERSONAL answer is because the US have such a large Christain influence, that the church want to scare students away from maths and science. I bet I'm right.
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