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Every base is base 10 (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 108 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (63 children)

Can we all use base 12?

It will be a shower of shit for like 50 years but then it will be marginally better for pretty much everyone.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago (16 children)

Some people argue that it would be harder to count on your fingers but we could just surgically give everyone more?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

When was the last time you've actually needed to count something on your fingers?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I find it useful if I'm counting only specific instances of something that meet some criteria. That way my brain can focus on picking out the right things and not have to worry about keeping the current count in mind. I use the method with your thumb on each segment of your fingers though, so you can get up to twelve with one hand and 156 with both

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