Brij is right. We can't get rid of the 24 hour clock because it is
tied so closely with the circle. In fact, 24 hours is *perfect*
because it is the lowest number that keeps the special angles of
trigonometry as integers:
2 hours -> 30 degrees
3 hours -> 45 degrees
4 hours -> 60 degrees
6 hours -> 90 degrees
What we *really* ought to do is to switch our whole mathematics to
base 12 so that instead of a 24 hour circle (where each hour is pi/12
radians), we could say we have a 20 hour circle (and each hour is
pi/10 radians).
Do you think we could get the BWMA on board? They've been wanting to
bring back the inch because it has more factors {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12}.
The new SI would have kilo = 12^3 = 1728 (1000 base 12).
Then, while everyone was busy relearning the multiplication table, we
could finally switch to Esperanto, cxu ne? Kompreneble! :)
rocky
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