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I totally disagree, but it's only my opinion and probably not scientific at all. From a logical point of view I think it's totally unnatural to start at 1. You
by y42 2y ago
I totally disagree, but it's only my opinion and probably not scientific at all.
From a logical point of view I think it's totally unnatural to start at 1. You have 10 diffferent "chars" available in the decimal system. Starting at 1 mostly leads to counting up to 10. But 10 is already the next "iteration". How do you explain a kid, who's learning arithmetics, that the decimal system is based on 10 numbers and at the same time you always refer to this list from 1 to 10.
- nivertech 2y agoDecimal system is simply a notation chosen by Humans to communicate and preserve information, it’s not a Law of Nature. Also you use a circular reasoning.
- goatlover 2y agoI think it's totally natural to start counting at 1, because you start with one of something, not zero. How do you explain to a kid that although they're counting objects, the first one is labelled zero, and that when they've counted 10 objects, they use the number 9?
- patrickthebold 2y agoThe reminds me of the pain I felt seeing how the blacktop was painted at the local elementary school: They had a 6 x 6 grid with 26 letters, then the digits 1-9, then an extra X to fill in the space left over. :facepalm: