I’m enjoying you playing devil’s advocate here thoroughly.
Lemmy is so pigheaded sometimes with certain topics that all they see is one side of everything.
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roguetrick@lemmy.world 3 months agoYou’re pointing out the problem in base10 having too many fractions that don’t divide cleanly. This is why base10 is shit.
Low IQ Base10: 17/64 - 0.265625
Equivalent expression in Chad Base12: 15/54 - 0.323
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
uis@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Let’s use BasePi then
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 3 months ago
This post is about the metric system, not base 10 vs base 12. Metric is superior to imperial.
Also 15/54 is in no way more convenient than 17/64, I’m assuming you’re joking.
roguetrick@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It’s the same number in different bases and our friend you replied to was pointing out that it was a mistake to adopt base10 measuring instead of throwing out base10 counting was a mistake. And he was right.
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Ok, I reread their comment and I see what you’re getting at. Base 12 would be better in many cases but I just don’t see anybody switching anytime soon. We would pretty much have to start over. If people had 12 fingers we probably would have started on base 12 to begin with.
roguetrick@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Cultures that used base 12 counted on their knuckles with their thumb. 12 for each hand. Many common folk did that since you could count much higher if you counted by the dozen using both hands. Go from counting to 10 to finger counting to 12 dozen.
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
I mean, some people do have twelve fingers.
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
And the metric system would be better still if it was base12. It’s time for a replacement.
Preflight_Tomato@lemm.ee 3 months ago
The world if metric began in base 12:
The world if metric began in base 12
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
And both are inferior to a hypothetical base12 system. So lets invent one.