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There is (for me at least) something very deep (in the brain) regarding numerals and basic math. I am quite proficient in English, but always do arithmetic in m
by loxs 6y ago
There is (for me at least) something very deep (in the brain) regarding numerals and basic math.
I am quite proficient in English, but always do arithmetic in my native Bulgarian and then have to translate the result (unlike other speech, which flows freely).
And not for the lack of trying.
And that is even though Bulgarian numerals do translate 1:1 to English.
- spiralx 6y agoI read a fascinating article once I've never been able to find again that said the brain actually has internal biological representations of zero and one along with a rudimentary representation of two, but nothing above that.