• @reiseno_@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      171 month ago

      You can do base 12 on fingers! You count each of the 3 segments on each finger and ignore the thumb (you can use it to keep your place), so you can count up to 12 on just one hand! :)

      • @frezik@midwest.social
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        61 month ago

        This is why I’m not totally sold on the idea that we use base 10 because we have 10 fingers. There are a lot of ways to count with your fingers. Plus, there are many cultures throughout human history that use something else. Base 10 in modern times might just be a historical quirk.

        • teft
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          11 month ago

          Some societies used base 27 from counting body parts. Sumeria famously used base 60. It’s why minutes and hours are divided by 60

    • @Aceticon@lemmy.world
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      11 month ago

      Just add left arm, right arm to it or, if you’re a guy nose and dick.

      Certainly, especially the male version, it would make the visual act of counting far more funny to watch.

      I think I’m starting to warm up to the whole base 12 idea…