Comment on Every base is base 10

• reiseno_@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You can do base 12 on fingers! You count each of the 3 segments on each finger and ignore the thumb (you can use it to keep your place), so you can count up to 12 on just one hand! :)

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  • frezik@midwest.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is why I’m not totally sold on the idea that we use base 10 because we have 10 fingers. There are a lot of ways to count with your fingers. Plus, there are many cultures throughout human history that use something else. Base 10 in modern times might just be a historical quirk.

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    • teft@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Some societies used base 27 from counting body parts. Sumeria famously used base 60. It’s why minutes and hours are divided by 60

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    • problematicPanther@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      iirc, the reason that time is base 60 is because some ancient peoples figured out how to count to 60 on their fingers.

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      • dukatos@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I can count to 1023 using both hands but only to 31 using one.

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• Neato@ttrpg.network ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  8 fingered Johnny…

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• wewbull@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Base 6. One hand and a arm. Let’s me get all the way to 41.

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• Aceticon@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just add left arm, right arm to it or, if you’re a guy nose and dick.

  Certainly, especially the male version, it would make the visual act of counting far more funny to watch.

  I think I’m starting to warm up to the whole base 12 idea…

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