• @[email protected]
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      187 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! :)

      • @[email protected]
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        67 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.

        • teft
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          17 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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          17 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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      17 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…