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I can't believe no one has pointed out the one huge fatal flaw in metric time yet.

The resting heart rate of a healthy adult is approximately 60 BPM. So 1 second is 1 heart beat, which makes it extraordinarily intuitive since it's literally pulsing through your body.

Making a metric second take longer by 40% is the opposite of what you want since average resting heartbeat of the population is higher than 60 BPM.

PS: Anyone downvoting is someone who feels offended having significantly higher BPM due to lifestyle. For normal people, the intuitive measure of a second is very useful.



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