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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A meter is defined by how far light travels in a specific amount of time.

What defines a foot?

Standard is a clown system for clown people.

Working on your car?  Hand me a #5 socket wrench.  Oh we are off a bit..hand me a #6.

Standard. Uhhh hand me 3/16ths.  Oh wait, maybe in need a 1/4 or a 3/8ths?

Stupid.    
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In other words, the standard system is based on practical use of measuring and visualizing distances and temperatures that is commonsense to people.

In what environment encountered by most people is knowing a meter is defined by speed of light any more logical or useful?

Most people are biased by the system they grew up with. While metric has advantages in being easily divisible, beyond that it is just as arbitrary for most people as standard. Nor is it always better. The metric system for temperature is a good example of how metric doesn't accurately reflect how human bodies experience the differences in temperature (and which standard does).[/quote]

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