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I wonder if arabic numerals really are the best system. Too much inertia is invested in them now but I wonder if a yet easier representation exists. For exampl
by rland 6y ago
I wonder if arabic numerals really are the best system.
Too much inertia is invested in them now but I wonder if a yet easier representation exists. For example, I know that there was a brief push to use quaternions in physics.
- ThrustVectoring 6y agoBase 12 is likely better than base 10. Twelve is the number of phalanges on your hand that you can touch with your thumb, so if that counting system had caught on and stuck we'd likely have a better base for divisibility.