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I find it interesting that no culture used the binary system. It allows to count to 1024 on 10 fingers.
by dandare 6y ago
I find it interesting that no culture used the binary system. It allows to count to 1024 on 10 fingers.
- liotier 6y agoI just tried - comfortable practice requires more supple dexterity than I can muster.
- dandare 6y agoMaybe you are doing something wrong - all agility the binary counting requires is bending one finger per bit, which is the same as counting from 1 to 10.
- anandoza 6y agoThere are 1024 configurations for counting in binary, and only 11 for counting "normally". Some of those other ~1000 configurations are harder to do (like having every other finger up). Mostly stuff with your ring finger.