We, USA, do use the metric system. I was an artillery fire direction officer in Vietnam. Artillery uses the metric system. The maps we used in Nam were based on the maps created by the French and they were outstanding. In college I studied chemistry and physics. Both used the metric system because it is the universal measuring system of scientists. I miss the metric system.
Aah, sort of. We do ranges in meters, but angles in 6400 "mils." [That's for redlegs; groundpounders still use 360 degrees, while serious SI types use radians, 2 pi of them.]
Yet the US tend to forget about this. We fought with the US and made at least two decisive battles and especially the naval one that ended all of it. Without France, the US would have been just a big colony with probably the same importance as Australia nowadays. The UK would have tighten your ressources like never, and better than they did with other colonies.
Imperial distance measurements are quite handy. They’re in base 12, so they can be divided by 2,3,4, and 6. It makes for easy math. Metric systems in base 10 are only divisible by 2 and 5.
@@abebuckingham8198 neither the metric system or the imperial system is used exclusively by scientists. In fact, most uses of these systems are not by scientists. A foot is easier to use than a meter in everyday life because it can be broken down into sixths, quarters, thirds, and halves and still be whole numbers.
@@ObscureGarudaThe Imperial Chain is 22 yards. The Pole (sometimes called the Perch, Rod or Lug) is generally 16½ feet (the US redefined it in 1959, but some States still use both for different purposes). Neither are particularly base 12, are they? Imperial and US Customary units are different, sometimes by a lot (eg the pint), sometimes by very little, and sometimes there is international agreement on a single size (eg the yard). *_All_* Imperial and US Customary units are _defined_ in metric units.
They attempted to, but the ship carrying the kilogram weight from France that would have been used as the basis for the system was captured by British sponsored pirates. Rather than wait for a replacement, the US standardized the existing system as a kind of bandaid as a temporary fix, since the new government needed consistency (prior to this, a pound could vary wildly depending on what part of the country you were in).
The Imperial system is based on oats, and is far more practical. One cup of oats will fill a man's belly. Two cups, which is a pint, will feed him for a day. One pint of liquid equals 16 fluid ounces = one pound. (1 cup of oats weights 1/5lb) With this system, you can easily figure out how much oats, and how much water, a company of 100 soldiers needs for a 3-day march, and how much this is likely to weigh. Maths is a language with which we try to map the world around us. While the metric system is completely arbitrary, Imperial measurements map onto what they were designed to measure. It is also important to remember that for much of human history, not getting ripped off by shopkeepers was a major concern. When you buy a by the pint or pound, you know exactly what you are getting for what price. Unlike today where you get ripped off because you bought 285ml last week, and the next week pay the same amount for 260ml in what appears to be the same size bottle.
in fact, a dozend (12) came from the amount of bones of the fingers (not thumb) of 1 hand, and not from the amount of fingers or toes. Ancient people used those bones to count with their thumb of the same hand while counting on the other hand for each 12 as a multiplier. (12 finger bones on one hand x 5 fingers on the other hand = 60).
US is one of the only 3 countries in the whole world that doesn't use the metric system. When I told that to a customer, he said "sorry, we are stuborn"
But we actually do use it for just about everything except mileage, speed, and cooking. It is mixed everywhere else, when I was fixing cars and selling tires metric was 99% of the measurements. Car speedometers(analog) are laid out metrically, I know most are digital now. It will still continue to slowly filter in until it is fully integrated. It is easier to use.
@@SevCaswell Want to know why? I was in school back when the Carter administration tried to force it down American's throats with no warning, no prep, just the message of we know better how to run your life better than you do attitude which will put anyone's attitude against what they were pushing. There is a reason why Carter is considered to be one of the worst Presidents we have had. But the metric system is in Wide use and adaption in America right now. Has been slowly being adopted and will probably be 100% adopted with in 20 more years without gov't action. But we are not the only ones with a hybrid system. Canada, Great Britain, and Australia using hybrid systems, so I do not know why America is singled out.
“We don’t use it” I worked in a U.S. steel stamping plant that measured blanks in cm & mm. Industry standard. Every electronic component uses metric. Electricity is measured in kilowatt hours. We run 5 and 10K races. Medicines are doses in milligrams. Beverages are bottled in liters.
During Thomas Jefferson's administration, the French sent an emissary to America with metric standards as a gift, but the ship was attacked by pirates and he never made it here.
I love videos with Neil in them. He always laugh so hard at the simplest jokes. I wonder if his brain simply doesn’t even attempt to make random humor or he’s just that smart he doesn’t get it at first
The metric system was instaured in order to unify the "provinces" in France, because each one used to adopt a different way on measuring the scales and weights. There were for exemple , for the lenght "a point, a line, a thumb, a king's feet..." and those were often not similar in the entire kingdom
The French also laid the groundwork for the American Constitution and the framework for the US system of government - oh and also made the Statue of Liberty... Among other things... just thought I'd put that out there. Why the Americans hung on to the 'Imperial' units of measurement after they fought off their imperial masters and didn't adopt the superior French system is a mystery to me - Even the Brits now use the metic system for most things (except for beer, clothes and distance travelled by road).
It’s so stupid that we use a system based on the size of the king’s foot-considering the fact that we kicked out the king. It seems like we should have embraced the idea of a new measurement system.
If it wasn't for the French, we (US) wouldn't be here. Thank you French. Also the Statue of Liberty was a Celibration of the freed Slaves. Thank you France again.
M E - if it wasn't for our forefathers revolting against King George, the king of England (at that time) the usA would never have been founded, so you need to get your facts straight.
Antoine lavoisier, one of the founders of the metric system, and one of greatest scientists of his age, was actually a member of the French aristocracy and was killed by guillotine during the French revolution.
We don't use it in civilian life much because they tried to make us learn conversions instead of just "this is a meter" and "this is a gram". (We screw up teaching languages that way, too.)
@@heatherfulmore3412 worst way to do it. Just use it. Convert results if you need yo for someone else. They tried to teach "convert to metric" as step one.
"No wonder we dont use it", you still have HOA, a failed housing system still in place which was also invented by the French. Muricans still use imperial measurements invented by the British. They used a british king's foot as a measuring tool. With so many failures no wonder why the British said that those who live on those lands are not equal to us
I'm going to tell you why I love this guy. He's relatively smart as we all are Him more so He's very positive, informative, but most of all he has a wonderful sense of humor. It doesn't have to be some super complex joke for him to get it!
French Revolution was not inspired by the american One. They had two completely different porpouses, but the revolutionary feeling was indeed inspired by the americans
My opinion on the debate is that it's an easy way for people to score victory points by making fun of the U.S. Obviously, the metric system is easier to use, but if you live in the U.S, you'll find that the Imperial System isn't that hard to adapt to and is pretty good for a lot of practical uses. Most schools in the U.S. do actually teach the metric system in science classes, and it's used in a few other areas.
Editorial comment❤❤ I am a civil engineer used as a student in 80s books written in English system (foot, inches, miles, force in Kg etc) and took exams in metric system (meter, force in Newtons etc). So, I am equally good at using both units. However, I like English system as is more practical and intuitive.😊😊
You know just before that the French crossed the ocean to come free you from your English oppressor? In particular their navy at Chesapeake and their artillery train at Yorktown?
Heres a question for any of you who use the Imperial system: how the hell do you actually make sense of it all? 10mm is 1cm, 10cm is 1dm and 10dm is 1m..etc etc.. there is nothing easier than that? Milli, centi , hecto and kilo was already well known latin BEFORE 1789 amongst the lettered.. But the imperial systeem seems to make things as difficult as possible.. somebody explain why the US was so.. cocky??
The original Roman mile was 1000 paces (milia passuum), or 5000 feet. The modern mile was defined as 5280 feet under Queen Elizabeth at the end of the 16th century in order to reconcile multiple discordant measurement systems already in wide use.
Absolutely correct sarcasm. France made "system international" which unified everything to metric. Funnily enough, the meter length seems to have been a measure used from prehistory
@@jimleane7578 the metre is based on a seconds pendulum. If one does the research one finds everyone and thier dog, including Jefferson and Franklin, experimenting in the late 1700s. One cannot rule out masonic involvement in the creation of the metre considering Napoleon was in Egypt 1798-99 measuring the great pyramid.
I worked in a UK hospital lab in the 1960s, just as the metric system was replacing avoirdupois. The difference in working efficiency and accuracy was astonishing. That said, my hobby was woodwork, and to this day I won't have a metric measure in my workshop.
Le plus grand choc culturel que j'ai eu la première fois aux usa, c est ce changement d étalons de mesures..... Un grand bravo aux américains, car t as intérêt à être très bon en calcul mental pour t y retrouver.....
I know it's a joke, but this is coming from the same country that came up with freedom fries so they wouldn't have to call them French fries. I can well believe that as being one of the reasons.
Bill Nye was huge for me as a kid. Neil DeGrasse feels like the Bill Nye for adults that grew up in that generation. You can tell he loves what he does and just wants to share information. You might not agree with everything he says, but for the most part you will learn something and have a good time doing it. Cool thing is that I don’t think he just wants you to agree with everything, he wants you to question everything.
The metric system rocks ass on top of the standard system the U.S.A. uses. The reason we use both is for military obfuscation purposes. Most other countries don't know how to think in horsepower or any other standard units. They could figure it out, but it complicates any nefarious activities involving units of measure.
Good thing the metric year and hours never caught on, as good as base 10 is base 12 just works better for divisibility and ease of breaking up smaller measures by fractional increments
Actually, Thomas Jefferson came up with the Metric System, or at least the idea of all measures answering to Base Ten, but it didn't take hold in the new country, partly due to opposition from John Adams, who wanted it to be in Base Twelve* so while we dithered, the French Revolution came along and they got the credit. (To be fair, they added some tweaks, such as making a "meter" supposedly one ten-millionth the distance from the North Pole to the Equator, so no one nation would use "their" national mile. There were over one hundred different ones in use.) * Base Twelve is not really a wacky idea. There's nothing particularly compelling about Base Ten except that most of us have ten fingers. Twelve is actually pretty handy, as it's "abundant," meaning it has lots of whole number divisors: 2,3,4, and 6, whereas ten has only 2 and 5. Incidentally, 60 is super abundant (2,3,4,5,6,10,12,15, 20 and 30), which is why we have 60-minute hours.
My Spaniard/Italian father always said it was two French royalty arguing the proverbial difference between their collectively dimmunitive "members"...one just had to win.
Fun fact, the US uses the metric system but just converts it to imperial. There is even a duplicate weight of kilo in the US (not sure if it's still there as we have digitalized the kilo as the mass no matter how perfectly stored would change and had to be replaced) Oh and for all of you who are trying to convice eachother that one system is better than the other, tthey both have pros and cons. Biggest one is probably when it comes to science and math, system of 12 works a lot better in these subjects and earlier civilisations most notably Egypt used a base 12 system. The metric system was made for simplicity as a way to standardize things and it is simply too late for the US to convert which is why they still use Imperial. But for day to day use the Metric system is better
That french laugh from neil 😂
Bah, I came here to say it, but I see you already took the baguette
hon hon hon
@@durere Your wit came through anyway.
Yup 😂
Croissant 🥐
Genuine laughter is always a delight.
infectous laughter, had to replay over and over
We, USA, do use the metric system. I was an artillery fire direction officer in Vietnam. Artillery uses the metric system. The maps we used in Nam were based on the maps created by the French and they were outstanding.
In college I studied chemistry and physics. Both used the metric system because it is the universal measuring system of scientists.
I miss the metric system.
Aah, sort of. We do ranges in meters, but angles in 6400 "mils." [That's for redlegs; groundpounders still use 360 degrees, while serious SI types use radians, 2 pi of them.]
Yes. Our mars climate orbiter crashed and was lost because some of us in the USA used the metric system, and some of us in the USA didn't use it.
Just start using it instead of bald eagle units...
That's scientific use, not civilian use, but the metric system is becoming more popular with young people.
No we don't! You do, only specialize jobs and careers use it when citizens don't use it
If the French had not helped us with the Revolutionary war, we'd still belong to England. True fact.
Yeah, the English definitely got the best in that deal
Yet the US tend to forget about this. We fought with the US and made at least two decisive battles and especially the naval one that ended all of it.
Without France, the US would have been just a big colony with probably the same importance as Australia nowadays. The UK would have tighten your ressources like never, and better than they did with other colonies.
Lady Liberty was a gift from the French. Before the 3rd one was erected in Vegas, there were two, one in New York, one in Paris.
@@DCVolo without France, Vietnam wouldn't have gotten absolutely buttfucked
Yeah, and we would still have Texas, California, and many other states in our side. Cheers from Mexico (not hate at all, just truth 😎)
Americans seeing a measurement system that is easy and intuitive: 🤯
Imperial distance measurements are quite handy. They’re in base 12, so they can be divided by 2,3,4, and 6. It makes for easy math. Metric systems in base 10 are only divisible by 2 and 5.
@@ObscureGaruda but we use base 10 to write and most people are thinking in base 10 so why would you want your measuring systems in base 12 ?
@@ObscureGaruda Almost nothing in the sciences comes in whole numbers. Divisibility isn't a relevant concern.
@@abebuckingham8198 neither the metric system or the imperial system is used exclusively by scientists. In fact, most uses of these systems are not by scientists. A foot is easier to use than a meter in everyday life because it can be broken down into sixths, quarters, thirds, and halves and still be whole numbers.
@@ObscureGarudaThe Imperial Chain is 22 yards.
The Pole (sometimes called the Perch, Rod or Lug) is generally 16½ feet (the US redefined it in 1959, but some States still use both for different purposes).
Neither are particularly base 12, are they?
Imperial and US Customary units are different, sometimes by a lot (eg the pint), sometimes by very little, and sometimes there is international agreement on a single size (eg the yard).
*_All_* Imperial and US Customary units are _defined_ in metric units.
Neil trying to keep his composure is somehow very entertaining to watch
Always surprised me that the US didn't go metric. The French were allies in the war of independence from the British.
They attempted to, but the ship carrying the kilogram weight from France that would have been used as the basis for the system was captured by British sponsored pirates.
Rather than wait for a replacement, the US standardized the existing system as a kind of bandaid as a temporary fix, since the new government needed consistency (prior to this, a pound could vary wildly depending on what part of the country you were in).
@@jaredwilliams8621that is not true quit making things up
I don't think I've seen Neil laugh so much.
He's not desperately trying to dumb things down enough for the JRE
Metric system seems pretty common in US schools,... I mean 9mm are very, very popular, I believe.
Bruh😭😭🤯
Metric is superior because it's based on water. Liter of water, 1kg of water is the same unit. So volume has corresponding equal in weight.
The Imperial system is based on oats, and is far more practical. One cup of oats will fill a man's belly. Two cups, which is a pint, will feed him for a day. One pint of liquid equals 16 fluid ounces = one pound. (1 cup of oats weights 1/5lb)
With this system, you can easily figure out how much oats, and how much water, a company of 100 soldiers needs for a 3-day march, and how much this is likely to weigh.
Maths is a language with which we try to map the world around us. While the metric system is completely arbitrary, Imperial measurements map onto what they were designed to measure.
It is also important to remember that for much of human history, not getting ripped off by shopkeepers was a major concern. When you buy a by the pint or pound, you know exactly what you are getting for what price. Unlike today where you get ripped off because you bought 285ml last week, and the next week pay the same amount for 260ml in what appears to be the same size bottle.
Straightforward universal system
@billlansdell7225 wrong!!!
As long as it isn't heavy water... 😂
Americans have 6 toes and metric is based on10
I'm American but gave you a 👍 because I agree. We have a lot of inbreed goober's here.
in fact, a dozend (12) came from the amount of bones of the fingers (not thumb) of 1 hand, and not from the amount of fingers or toes. Ancient people used those bones to count with their thumb of the same hand while counting on the other hand for each 12 as a multiplier.
(12 finger bones on one hand x 5 fingers on the other hand = 60).
I thought the meter was based on the great pyramid of Giza.
@@morpher44 The meter is based on a 40.000.000th of the circumference of the earth. Metric system is a decimal system.
Not all Americans. México, central and South America use the metric system
Fun fact, Jefferson was going to have America switch to metric but the ship carrying the books needed to do the math sank so he gave up on it.
Pity
Tonterías. Y en el resto del mundo que historias de barcos que llegaron y los que no . vamos a inventar ?
I read that story somewhere also. Interesting but true story.
This is a half truth. The US customary system was first used in Great Britain
US is one of the only 3 countries in the whole world that doesn't use the metric system.
When I told that to a customer, he said "sorry, we are stuborn"
But we actually do use it for just about everything except mileage, speed, and cooking. It is mixed everywhere else, when I was fixing cars and selling tires metric was 99% of the measurements. Car speedometers(analog) are laid out metrically, I know most are digital now. It will still continue to slowly filter in until it is fully integrated. It is easier to use.
U mean R.E.T.A.R.D.E.D.? Lol
Two litre bottles of soda are everywhere. And it's used in Puerto Rico.
yeah they decided to keep the system invented and popularised by the empire they worked so hard to over throw...
@@SevCaswell Want to know why? I was in school back when the Carter administration tried to force it down American's throats with no warning, no prep, just the message of we know better how to run your life better than you do attitude which will put anyone's attitude against what they were pushing. There is a reason why Carter is considered to be one of the worst Presidents we have had. But the metric system is in Wide use and adaption in America right now. Has been slowly being adopted and will probably be 100% adopted with in 20 more years without gov't action. But we are not the only ones with a hybrid system. Canada, Great Britain, and Australia using hybrid systems, so I do not know why America is singled out.
"is that the Bastille thing?" Average American culture
Ha the first genuine laugh I’ve seen from this guy
Really? You should tune into his Star Talk on YT. Chuck as his co host, and who you hear here with Neil, keeps him laughing.
“We don’t use it”
I worked in a U.S. steel stamping plant that measured blanks in cm & mm. Industry standard.
Every electronic component uses metric.
Electricity is measured in kilowatt hours.
We run 5 and 10K races.
Medicines are doses in milligrams.
Beverages are bottled in liters.
During Thomas Jefferson's administration, the French sent an emissary to America with metric standards as a gift, but the ship was attacked by pirates and he never made it here.
proof that standards are stolen.
Pero puede llagar por Facebook , tik tok , telefono , avión , 😅😅😅
Pretextos , excusas que alguien inventó .
Y el que lo repita será mucho más tonto .
I love videos with Neil in them. He always laugh so hard at the simplest jokes. I wonder if his brain simply doesn’t even attempt to make random humor or he’s just that smart he doesn’t get it at first
I believe his laugh is simply contagious.
No wonder why we love him
The metric system was instaured in order to unify the "provinces" in France, because each one used to adopt a different way on measuring the scales and weights. There were for exemple , for the lenght "a point, a line, a thumb, a king's feet..." and those were often not similar in the entire kingdom
The French also laid the groundwork for the American Constitution and the framework for the US system of government - oh and also made the Statue of Liberty... Among other things... just thought I'd put that out there.
Why the Americans hung on to the 'Imperial' units of measurement after they fought off their imperial masters and didn't adopt the superior French system is a mystery to me - Even the Brits now use the metic system for most things (except for beer, clothes and distance travelled by road).
It’s so stupid that we use a system based on the size of the king’s foot-considering the fact that we kicked out the king. It seems like we should have embraced the idea of a new measurement system.
"Was that the Bastille storming". What a grasp of history and English! LoL
How insulting! You show your ignorance with this kind of content.
Americans when you say kilometer per hour😲How many powdered donuts per bald eagle?
If it wasn't for the French, we (US) wouldn't be here. Thank you French.
Also the Statue of Liberty was a Celibration of the freed Slaves. Thank you France again.
“Celebration” is how it’s spelled.
Also there’s no need to capitalize either that or “slaves”.
M E - if it wasn't for our forefathers revolting against King George, the king of England (at that time) the usA would never have been founded, so you need to get your facts straight.
Be careful, france's nuts are hitting your chin too hard
France, Belgium, and a few poles
@@KickAss5671 promoting noble countries is just being wise
Antoine lavoisier, one of the founders of the metric system, and one of greatest scientists of his age, was actually a member of the French aristocracy and was killed by guillotine during the French revolution.
We don't use it in civilian life much because they tried to make us learn conversions instead of just "this is a meter" and "this is a gram". (We screw up teaching languages that way, too.)
Yes I had to learn the conversions too . I saved my notes.
@@heatherfulmore3412 worst way to do it. Just use it. Convert results if you need yo for someone else. They tried to teach "convert to metric" as step one.
“No wonder”😂😂😂
"No wonder we dont use it", you still have HOA, a failed housing system still in place which was also invented by the French.
Muricans still use imperial measurements invented by the British. They used a british king's foot as a measuring tool. With so many failures no wonder why the British said that those who live on those lands are not equal to us
The thought of having a first person conversation with Neil is terrifying
(The rest of the world uses it.) “No wonder we don’t use it.”
I'm going to tell you why I love this guy.
He's relatively smart as we all are
Him more so
He's very positive, informative, but most of all he has a wonderful sense of humor. It doesn't have to be some super complex joke for him to get it!
The French invented the first hot air balloon and the first automobile even before 1789.
French Revolution was not inspired by the american One. They had two completely different porpouses, but the revolutionary feeling was indeed inspired by the americans
My opinion on the debate is that it's an easy way for people to score victory points by making fun of the U.S. Obviously, the metric system is easier to use, but if you live in the U.S, you'll find that the Imperial System isn't that hard to adapt to and is pretty good for a lot of practical uses. Most schools in the U.S. do actually teach the metric system in science classes, and it's used in a few other areas.
It's funny how the simplicity of the metric system is too hard for most Americans to comprehend.
France is also the 1st country to NOT drive on the left
No wonder we don't use it
Neil is an evidence thinker- a rouse on others doesn't compute! Love Neil!!!
There we have it folks!
"No wonder we don't use it". Intended as snarky humor, it's actually factual and historical.
I would like to know his reaction when he learns that the system he uses is the imperial system used by the British.
These are always some of my favorite conversations between these two
The imperial system is more flexible. The metric 10 can be divided by 1,2, and 5. The imperial 12 can be divided by 1,2,3,4, and 6.
Croissant 🥐
Editorial comment❤❤
I am a civil engineer used as a student in 80s books written in English system (foot, inches, miles, force in Kg etc) and took exams in metric system (meter, force in Newtons etc). So, I am equally good at using both units. However, I like English system as is more practical and intuitive.😊😊
Thats wrong?
Metric has been around since mid 1600, implementation was in 1799
I've never seen him busted up like this before. Love it!
You know just before that the French crossed the ocean to come free you from your English oppressor? In particular their navy at Chesapeake and their artillery train at Yorktown?
Heres a question for any of you who use the Imperial system: how the hell do you actually make sense of it all? 10mm is 1cm, 10cm is 1dm and 10dm is 1m..etc etc.. there is nothing easier than that? Milli, centi , hecto and kilo was already well known latin BEFORE 1789 amongst the lettered.. But the imperial systeem seems to make things as difficult as possible.. somebody explain why the US was so.. cocky??
And did you know that a mile, 5280 feet, was how far a Roman army would move in 1000 marching paces?
The original Roman mile was 1000 paces (milia passuum), or 5000 feet. The modern mile was defined as 5280 feet under Queen Elizabeth at the end of the 16th century in order to reconcile multiple discordant measurement systems already in wide use.
The ironic thing is the Americans who are scientists, educated and not so stupidly American still use it…
Where can I find the full video..?
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There are two kinds of countries. Those who use the metric system and those who have landed on the moon.
Cringe
😑👎
Neal laughs so good… he always makes me laugh when he does
I‘m beginning to wonder if Neil‘s reactions to Chuck is where the word „to chuckle“ originally comes from.
Stop ...stop the clip, I can't stop laughing 🤣
Let's forget John Wilkins 1668 metric system then(not French)!!! That's science
Absolutely correct sarcasm. France made "system international" which unified everything to metric. Funnily enough, the meter length seems to have been a measure used from prehistory
@@jimleane7578 the metre is based on a seconds pendulum. If one does the research one finds everyone and thier dog, including Jefferson and Franklin, experimenting in the late 1700s. One cannot rule out masonic involvement in the creation of the metre considering Napoleon was in Egypt 1798-99 measuring the great pyramid.
“Was that the Bastille Storming and all that?”
“French Revolution yeah.” For some reason I found that exchange pretty funny.
I worked in a UK hospital lab in the 1960s, just as the metric system was replacing avoirdupois. The difference in working efficiency and accuracy was astonishing.
That said, my hobby was woodwork, and to this day I won't have a metric measure in my workshop.
I can't imagine not working in mm. What do you do if something is smaller than an inch? Just guess?
@@jamieisausername
No. I use fractions. It's astonishingly easy. But only if you know how.
This is funny....i am french...
"Corgi sized meteor weighing as much as 4 baby elephants to hit texas"
The french came up with driving on the right which is why we (the UK and others) dont do it.
Not quite. The British came up with driving on the left, which is why revolutionaries don't.
cringe
We adopted it in 1971 and suddenly I had to sprint further
That was exactly the same thing I was thinking....😆 🤣
Chuck is a BEAST
Bronx Love guyz😎
Le plus grand choc culturel que j'ai eu la première fois aux usa, c est ce changement d étalons de mesures.....
Un grand bravo aux américains, car t as intérêt à être très bon en calcul mental pour t y retrouver.....
"Nuhnuahmahahahohon tchhHhH amuch khr hipshaq hHhH hYAv."
- Neil deGrasse Tyson on metric system, 2022
I know it's a joke, but this is coming from the same country that came up with freedom fries so they wouldn't have to call them French fries. I can well believe that as being one of the reasons.
Bill Nye was huge for me as a kid. Neil DeGrasse feels like the Bill Nye for adults that grew up in that generation. You can tell he loves what he does and just wants to share information. You might not agree with everything he says, but for the most part you will learn something and have a good time doing it. Cool thing is that I don’t think he just wants you to agree with everything, he wants you to question everything.
Indians created numbering systems
metric ❌ tric me ☑
Not the French by the Egyptians. Check it out
What were they using before and why the need for a different unit system
Amazing, Neil was part of the humor!!
Ha ha! I love that! We build with lumber, and it sucks to divide 5 in half, The inch is based on halves.
The metric system wasn’t the only thing they tried to change, it’s just one that wasn’t abandoned later.
The metric system rocks ass on top of the standard system the U.S.A. uses. The reason we use both is for military obfuscation purposes. Most other countries don't know how to think in horsepower or any other standard units. They could figure it out, but it complicates any nefarious activities involving units of measure.
I heard that the Egyptians did that. Of course they didn't call it metric system.
Jeez i love Neil personality lol
he seems like such a Great guy
SHOW ME A METRIC CLOCK , CALANDER, TIME IN A DAY AND MORE.... COULD YOU IMAGINE A METRIC CLOCK ?
that Bastille storming and all that...wow
Neil went full bullfrog for that francophile bant.
Took the words right out of my mouth
That first one got Neil good
REAL GOOD
Rogan's French accent killed me. 😂😃
Put down the basket. Let it roll. 😂🤣🤩
First time I’ve seen him so amused he LOLs. 😄😆👍🏼
Good thing the metric year and hours never caught on, as good as base 10 is base 12 just works better for divisibility and ease of breaking up smaller measures by fractional increments
Just love Neil ... He is so wholesome..
The metric system goes at least as far back as the Egyptians. The cubit is the length of 30° on the perimeter of a circle with a 1 meter diameter.
He needs to play Santa
Love your humor Neil love hearing you hard to find intellectual conversation
Actually, Thomas Jefferson came up with the Metric System, or at least the idea of all measures answering to Base Ten, but it didn't take hold in the new country, partly due to opposition from John Adams, who wanted it to be in Base Twelve* so while we dithered, the French Revolution came along and they got the credit. (To be fair, they added some tweaks, such as making a "meter" supposedly one ten-millionth the distance from the North Pole to the Equator, so no one nation would use "their" national mile. There were over one hundred different ones in use.)
* Base Twelve is not really a wacky idea. There's nothing particularly compelling about Base Ten except that most of us have ten fingers.
Twelve is actually pretty handy, as it's "abundant," meaning it has lots of whole number divisors: 2,3,4, and 6, whereas ten has only 2 and 5.
Incidentally, 60 is super abundant (2,3,4,5,6,10,12,15, 20 and 30), which is why we have 60-minute hours.
"89 you say? Hmmm..."
*like he had any idea
He's right, I'm a foot, yard and inch man myself!
Neil laughing is a vibe!
Never understood the American dismissal of the French. The French are a big reason as to why the Americans were able to beat the British.
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That first comment that got him laughing... Was basically the history of metric system and English-speaking world
Excellent
My Spaniard/Italian father always said it was two French royalty arguing the proverbial difference between their collectively dimmunitive "members"...one just had to win.
Fun fact, the US uses the metric system but just converts it to imperial. There is even a duplicate weight of kilo in the US (not sure if it's still there as we have digitalized the kilo as the mass no matter how perfectly stored would change and had to be replaced)
Oh and for all of you who are trying to convice eachother that one system is better than the other, tthey both have pros and cons. Biggest one is probably when it comes to science and math, system of 12 works a lot better in these subjects and earlier civilisations most notably Egypt used a base 12 system. The metric system was made for simplicity as a way to standardize things and it is simply too late for the US to convert which is why they still use Imperial. But for day to day use the Metric system is better
You know your doing good if you can get a brain to laugh!