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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

If humans were born with 6 fingers on each hand we would be using base 12 instead of the decimal system.

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If humans were born with 6 fingers on each hand we would be using base 12 instead of the decimal system.

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

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Damn, you just blew my mind.
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  Every number base system is base 10… from a certain point of view…

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