Neil deGrasse Tyson on metric system

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[stroys]

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.

[randmayfield]

If the French had not helped us with the Revolutionary war, we'd still belong to England. True fact.

[Tassooow]

Americans seeing a measurement system that is easy and intuitive: 🤯

[justinmarlin]

Neil trying to keep his composure is somehow very entertaining to watch

[johnclaybaugh]

I don't think I've seen Neil laugh so much.

[galenkehler]

Always surprised me that the US didn't go metric. The French were allies in the war of independence from the British.

[barryadams]

Americans have 6 toes and metric is based on10

[DarthHLT]

Metric system seems pretty common in US schools, ... I mean 9mm are very, very popular, I believe.

[thenecessaryevil]

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.

[jakubgrzybek]

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.

[onurb]

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"

[Bob-qkzg]

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.

[sethhenderson]

Ha the first genuine laugh I’ve seen from this guy

[hondaryder]

Americans when you say kilometer per hour😲How many powdered donuts per bald eagle?

[bananafreyr]

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

[mr.fiction]

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

[randolphphillips]

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.)

[ME-efxs]

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.

[axax]

Let's forget John Wilkins 1668 metric system then(not French)!!! That's science

[Miniweet]

(The rest of the world uses it.) “No wonder we don’t use it.”