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Base 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
by ThrustVectoring 6y ago
Base 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.