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Here’s a pretty good write-up of the point you cover as well as the point others have made that the Chinese are able to quickly memorize 9 digits vs 7 digits fo
by 300bps 5y ago
Here’s a pretty good write-up of the point you cover as well as the point others have made that the Chinese are able to quickly memorize 9 digits vs 7 digits for English speakers possibly because the names of their numbers are shorter.
https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2011/07/01/137527742/china-s-unnatural-math-advantage-their-words https://www.npr.org/sections/krulwich/2011/07/01/137527742/c...
- autokad 5y agoyeah, hacker news would rather just downvote me instead of actually think for a change. I didnt say it was proven, nor the only reason - just that some say the language itself may provide some advantage. then you get like idiots above saying 'its only because of the drills!'. the world is rife with such simple minded thought.