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The only special thing about Decimal and Base 10 is that we have 10 fingers (for the most part, exceptions exist). If we had 12, then 1/24th of a day would make
by eddieroger 13y ago
The only special thing about Decimal and Base 10 is that we have 10 fingers (for the most part, exceptions exist). If we had 12, then 1/24th of a day would make sense, because it would be twice our then-normal Base 12 system. It is evolutionarily arbitrary.
Check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nC8J6YXqdo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nC8J6YXqdo