The duodecimal system should be used in society rather than decimal.

I'd like to welcome my opponent to the debate and commend them for defending the decimal system- in my opinion, a tough job. I've read some very intelligent arguments on their part, and I'm glad to debate. I'd like to start by addressing some of their arguments. Argument 1:Right off the bat, I'd like to mention something my opponent says,"Contrary to popular belief, adding more values to a base point doesn't mean "10" is still written as ten - rather, new characters that take one slot are necessary[. .. ]"This is partially correct. This would require both ten and eleven to have their own digits, but this is not "contrary to popular belief" at all! How on earth would base twelve function if this weren't true? This isn't even much of a problem. My opponent says unique characters would be necessary with updates to keyboards. Absolutely. Unicode Points 218A (U86;) and 218B (U87;) are proposed dozenal notations for ten and eleven, respectively. Since these are already Unicode characters, the only thing necessary would be updates to keyboards. Admittedly, adding two buttons and replacing keyboards would not be ideal, but the software is already in place. Argument 2:My opponent points out that denominator 5, in dozenal division, results in repeating decimals. Admittedly, this is true. Repeating decimals are not eliminated by dozenal. However, I have a question for my readers and my opponent: do you encounter thirds and quarters, or fifths and sevenths more often in your daily life? In financial calculations? Factors of three (which include six and twelve) are more commonly encountered than factors of five. Argument 3:My opponent makes a valid point- if we assume base twelve is suddenly imposed upon everyone, yes, this would be nigh impossible. However, this is not how new ideas spread. In this case, the spread of duodecimal might look something like this:The dozenal movement becomes popular in isolated places around the world. At the local level, it begins to be taught alongside decimal in schools. People growing up learning both systems mostly adapt to decimal, but usually prefer duodecimal casually. Some begin to enter into local and regional politics. Worldwide acceptance of duodecimal grows. Eventually, more and more parts of life are in duodecimal, and governments naturally change. Some would perhaps stick to decimal the way the United States doesn't adapt to metric, but most realize the potential. I would also like to commend my opponent for this brilliant quote: "People are notoriously difficult to convince that a new form is somehow better than an old form of the same thing, even if benefits could be staring them dead in the face. "I very much agree. Argument 4:I think my opponent overestimates the complexity of the task of formula conversion. There is actually a general conversion algorithm, and computers can do these conversions rather quickly. Now, let's consider the benefits of base twelve. As previously mentioned, twelve has more factors than ten, making division easier. The dozenal multiplication table has more easily memorable repeating patterns than the tens, including multiplication by 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 12 (twelve). Mathematics becomes easier on a day-to-day basis, learning math becomes more interesting for children, and mathematicians can discover new interesting patterns that come with working in dozens. Simply put, duodecimal is more efficient, more interesting (although that is subjective, 12 is a supreme highly composite number and has been commonly used for measurements and money throughout history), and easier than decimal.