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The 12 on a clock is a compromise to match between a 1-indexing oral culture and natural 0-indexing use case (which came from the Sumerians who had a better num
by jacobolus 8y ago
The 12 on a clock is a compromise to match between a 1-indexing oral culture and natural 0-indexing use case (which came from the Sumerians who had a better number system).
I don’t know the history of reported ages of Western babies.
> quite irritating really
Yes that is my point.