“Wait you all started with base 60 and left it? It took us millenia to realize that it was the best choice, and once we did we never looked back”
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icelimit@lemmy.ml 2 days agoWhat’s more profound is that math is universal - after some teething pains with regards to understanding conventions, any alien technology should be comprehensive by us, and vice versa.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Jyek@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I think 840 is a better base number. It has 32 factors which is itself a power of 2. That is a highly versatile counting system if you ask me. But you didn’t so I apologize for asserting so.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Well… up to the base calculation methods. Logic is universal. Math is a set of rules. Aliens might rule different.
icelimit@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
I would say (not an expert) math is a representation of (numerical) logic, and as it gets more complex, the conventions if representing logical ideas need to be laid out. But that said, once done (teething pains), a learned and read peer “in the art” should be able to both comprehend and communicate at least mathematical ideas, and as an extension to this, applied technology.