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Evidence of humans quantifying is roughly as old as this burial. The communication difficulty here would come from translating 78,000 into their mathematical sy
by 1123581321 6y ago
Evidence of humans quantifying is roughly as old as this burial. The communication difficulty here would come from translating 78,000 into their mathematical system.
- ShamelessC 6y agoAnd yet the punchline is still valid because surely they have no concept of numbers that large without any sort of base system involved.
- 1123581321 6y agoSure, if requiring a minimum of translation as a premise (i.e. not introducing the concept of orders into the language via explanation.) Though I would be surprised if sexagesimal turns out to always be the oldest system we unearth.