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Yeah it looks stupid when you do it like that, almost the same thing as if I told you there was 3,280 feet in a kilometer. Feet are not the base unit here, the mile is.
Asked Google again. Is this it?
Because it isn't really helping it either.
Ignore everything about feet. That's the different base unit. Idk how else to describe this, they're using "defined" when they mean "described"? The mile is the base unit. Feet are the base unit of a different system.
Well, there's your problem. That the base units don't fit into each other neatly.
They do until someone decides to mix systems. Feet and miles are two different base units. Like I tried to express, it's like saying metric is stupid if I decide to define kilometers in feet. Its the same thing, but older when you try define miles and acres in feet. Stick to 640 fractional.
You are arguing an indefensible point of view
You are arguing a base ignorance of history.