Wow! Unclear if this is fact but 2 things surprised me. - I wasn't convinced it would be base 2. - I thought if it was, base 8 made more intuitive sense. Th

Wow! Unclear if this is fact but 2 things surprised me. - I wasn't convinced it would be base 2. - I thought if it was, base 8 made more intuitive sense. The former mistaken opinion was a caution against viewing the world as computable. The latter was not heeding the caution. Mother nature works in mysterious ways.