5,000 feet each, a meter isswha? what? the globe that is not even not n accurate. >> tucker: it is made up out. of nothing. >> tucker: it is made up out of nothing. >> it. >> it totally made up. and something else. even overturning custom has been the meters imposition of ten. a ten size fits all mentality. the french revolution went all in for ten, they try to impose . the french revolution ten day week. all in for ten, they try to impose 100 hours. a ten day week. 100 minutes, 100 seconds. 100 h they had a whole revolutionary calendar, the metric system ofof 100 minutes, 100 seconds. they had a whole revolutionary calendar, the ten is what remains of the metrc radicalism. system of ten is what remains of the radicalism. that sounds reasonable, cou that sounds reasonable, counting by ten is pretty good. we have ten fingers, it is goodn for abstract calculation. finged for abstract calculation. but not great for but not great for measuring things in the real world. measug things in the real world. there is a there is a reason why the measurement system has 12, 12, eights it comes from ancient knowledge, from the it comes from ancient knowledge, from the romans, from the babylonians.