I actually agree. The base-12 fractional system is very nice to work with, until it brakes, and it brakes much worse than the metric system. I actually explained in another post that if the USA were to move to metric, I think the construction industry will still be using feet and inches for at least a couple of generations (at least partially), and they would have a good reason to.
The way the metric system brakes isn’t actually all that bad, at worst you grab a calculator and write down the number.
And also bare in mind that this case is where feet and inches really shines, so we are comparing feet+inches at their best to metric at it’s worst. There are so many cases where metric is anywhere from marginally better to significantly better which does make up for that.
IMO the most significant reason for metric being superior is the universality of it. It is used everywhere in the world, including the USA, and that is an excellent quality of a measurement system which should not be understated.
The way the metric system brakes isn’t actually all that bad, at worst you grab a calculator and write down the number.
And also bare in mind that this case is where feet and inches really shines, so we are comparing feet+inches at their best to metric at it’s worst. There are so many cases where metric is anywhere from marginally better to significantly better which does make up for that.
IMO the most significant reason for metric being superior is the universality of it. It is used everywhere in the world, including the USA, and that is an excellent quality of a measurement system which should not be understated.