>>508742379
It can be broken up back into fractions. To scale it back down from 1 mile.
1/2
1/4
1/8
1/16
1/32
1/64
And easily understood in yards or feet and inches
On paper and in the atomic scale meters are better all day.
But for feel and human perception standard is the way.
Even with temperature. While Kelvin is the most accurate because of intermolecular forces, Fahrenheit is superior when comprehending feeling using the human brain, that is unless you are taught from a young age that 34 is hot and 19 is mild while 0 is freezing. 100 hot 60 mild 32 cold 0 really fucking cold.