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Counterpoint: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/dont-fall-for-babylonian-trigonometry-hype/ https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unit

• lamontcg 3y ago
  FWIW this information is easy to find via the pubpeer browser extension. It puts a banner on this HN page which leads to a comment page which has this rebuttal linked there.
• tedunangst 3y ago
  "Why is 1/8 exact in base 60 but 1/4 not exact in base 10?" A question to keep us all up at night.