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Base-12 is superior to base-10 largely because it makes the common division by 3 (and 4) much simpler conceptually and less messy.

12 as a base is not too large (e.g. 60) and not to small (e.g. 2). If we could go back in time we should have chosen base-12.

>> No.2699078

need more fingers

>> No.2699092

>>2699078
That's actually the exact reason we went with base 10.

>> No.2699103

Base 8
/thread

>> No.2699112

>>2699078
We give some king long ago a 6-fingered bloodline

>> No.2699124

Base 2, the language of computers

>> No.2699131

ever divide by 5?

>> No.2699135
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2699135

>>2699131
>you mean 6

>> No.2699144

>>2699124
Binary isn't base 2, you imbecile.

>> No.2699156

>>2699144
It's like saying plates make good frisbees.

>> No.2699742
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2699742

base 10 is.....logical

>> No.2699748

What about the common divisions by 5 and 10?

>> No.2699758

>>2699112
The Princess Bride is not a history book.

>> No.2699768

>>2699144
...........

>> No.2699778

>>2699144
Does your ass make a nice hat?

>> No.2699798

are fractions to hard for you to deal with?
you're gonna encounter them in any base so you may as well get use to it

>> No.2699812

Why the fuck are we even using a linear scale?

Many native peoples use a logarithmic scale intuitively. There was a study that demonstrated that if you show two points representing 1 and 10 to civilized people and ask them to place another representing 5, they would place it more or less in the middle. Primitive tribesmen on the other hand, placed their points far closer to 10, arguing that five is several times larger than 1, but 10 is only twice as big as 5.

>> No.2699817

>>2699812
Fucking savages.

>> No.2699831

>>2699812
>arguing that five is several times larger than 1, but 10 is only twice as big as 5.
WHAT MADNESS IS THIS?!?!?!

>> No.2699836

>>2699812
Interesting, but linear seems more intuitive. What benefits would a logarithmic scale have?

>> No.2699847
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2699847

>>2699812
I dont believe you

>> No.2699850

>>2699836
Measuring earthquakes

>> No.2699854

>>2699812
interesting...

we must re-educate them and suppress their culture, lest our time-honored ways be threatened

>> No.2699858

>>2699812
Well, I imagine in the wild ratios would be more useful than absolute differences.

That there are four more wolves than you is less pressing information than that you're outnumbered three to one and bout to get eaten.

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2699859

>>2699812

YEAH AND I BET ACHILLES NEVER CAUGHT THE TORTOISE EITHER

>> No.2699872

>>2699847
I'll look for the study if the thread's still up after my lectures, promise.

>> No.2699875

>>2699847
it kind of makes sense..
some primitive cultures only distinguish numbers one through three and generalize anything beyond that.

>> No.2699876

6
6/5=1.111111...
6/4=1.3
6/3=2
6/2=3

>> No.2699877

>>2699836
allow me to introduce you to mister slide rule

and before that (possibly as a selective pressure for "understanding" numbers) >>2699858

>> No.2699880

>>2699858
this

as a larger number increases, the increase is less significant

maybe we're underestimating the effect of our indoctrination into modern western math?

>> No.2699898

I can count past 500 on my fingers with base 2

>> No.2699916

>>2699898
let's go back in time and make humans count like machines.
I'll fetch the DeLorean

>> No.2699927

>>2699898
1023 actually

>> No.2699941

Base 10 is superior to base 10

>> No.2699948

I'd go with 6 because it is cleanly divisible by all the numbers half or less than itself, 1*2*3=6.

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2699960

>>2699941
Yo anon I'm really happy for you, and imma let you troll, but I just gotta say base 10 is one of the best bases of all time

>captcha: frederick dourst

>> No.2700004

>>2699836

Understanding large numbers.

>> No.2700006

>>2699078
>>2699092

Stupid fucks. Try this:

Count the sections in each of your four fingers with your thumb.. 4*3=12

>> No.2700028

>>2699898
>>I can count past 500

500 in which base?

>> No.2700037

>>2700028

can you not read the rest of the sentence?

>> No.2700072

>>2700028
he obviously meant base 10's 500.

the highest would be base 10's 1023, or base 2's 1111111111

>> No.2700081

>>2700037
silly anon, there's no '5' in base 2

>> No.2700084

>>2700081
troll or stupid
either one, doesn't matter

>> No.2700106 [DELETED] 

>>27000001

>> No.2700108

>>2700000
deleted already?

>> No.2700111

In Hitler's perfect world there would have been 400 degrees in a circle and not 360. Makes much more sense if you think about it.