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Everyone says the metric system is superior in every way, but I disagree. Imperial units win in normal life every single time. Watch this video Ad-Free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/scienceasylum-a-defense-of-imperial-units Nick Lucid - Host, Writer, Editor, Animator Emily Lucid - Producer, Captions ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS Light Nanoseconds: https://youtu.be/9ZMXC85J-c4 https://nebula.tv/videos/scienceasylum-should-rulers-be-1-light-nanosecond-long ________________________________ SUPPORT THE SCIENCE ASYLUM For Direct Support, Merch, and Products: https://www.scienceasylum.com For Alternative Support Options... Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ScienceAsylum Sign-Up for Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/scienceasylum YouTube Membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXgNowiGxwwnLeQ7DXTwXPg/join ________________________________ HUGE THANK YOU TO THESE SUPPORTERS Asylum Orderlies: Chloë Joan López, Dhruv Singhal, James Smith, Joel Wolhendler, Peter Engrav Asylum VIPs: Benjamin Sharef, Eoin O'Sullivan, Jonathan Lima, Joseph Salomone, Kevin Flanagan, Matias Cveczilberg, Al Davis, Compuart, Kevin MacLean, Rick Myers, JJS, Christopher Bennett, Clayton Bruckert, David Johnston, E. W. Darbyshire, Jonathan Reel, Li-Ce Hu, Marino Hernandez, Mr. Orn Jonasar, Ulrich ________________________________ SOURCES International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM): https://www.bipm.org/en/si-base-units/second https://www.bipm.org/en/si-base-units/metre https://www.bipm.org/en/si-base-units/kilogram National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/nist-handbook-44-current-edition https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/faqs/us-metrication-faqs https://www.nist.gov/si-redefinition/second-introduction https://www.nist.gov/pml/us-surveyfoot https://www.nist.gov/si-redefinition/meter https://www.nist.gov/si-redefinition/kilogram-introduction ________________________________ TIME CODES 00:00 Intro 00:47 Scientific Standards 01:35 US Standards 02:12 Modern Metric Standards 02:47 Are Imperial Units Cursed? 03:13 Metric Prefixes 03:44 Metric Base Units 04:09 Base 10 04:30 Base 12 and 16 05:07 Closing Thoughts 05:39 Bloopers ________________________________ Corrections: 03:14 There's a typo in this chart. "yera-" should be "tera-" for 10^12.