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People who dis the imperial measurement system (as this post does) don’t appreciate the duodecimal system. It’s a ‘forced’ way of thinking of measurement and be
by 1-6 4y ago
People who dis the imperial measurement system (as this post does) don’t appreciate the duodecimal system. It’s a ‘forced’ way of thinking of measurement and better when used in commerce. The metric system can support duodecimal but people have to be selective with their numbers (e.g. Plato’s 5040)
Highly composite numbers are under-appreciated. There are more divisors in 12 than in 10. Matching our number system to fingers isn’t ideal in a lot of cases.
- HPsquared 4y agoThat's interesting, apparently 5040 can be divided by 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 ,10 or 12 (and 24, 30, 360...) Very divisible indeed! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/5040_(number) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/5040_(number)
- jstanley 4y agoWhy is it useful for your measurements to have lots of integer factors?