• Nougat@kbin.social
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    “Having many more right triangles for a unit length” would have an incredible benefit in constructing enormous triangly things.

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      Instead becoming more acute about triangly things… we were more obtuse and went base ten

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        1 year ago

        Well yeah, who’s got 60 fingers? I mean sure, there’s Fingers Georg, but that guy’s weird.

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          People used to count 12 knuckles times 5 fingers for a total base 60.

          Using only 5+5 fingers is the dumbed down version.

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              Sumerians and Babylonians used the same cuneiform writing system with a base of 6×10, but it seems like they also used to count to 60 as 12×5… and what we’re left with, is the simplified 5+5=10.

              Also, we shall remember that:

              𒀭 𒐏𒋰𒁀 𒎏𒀀𒉌 𒂄𒄀 𒍑𒆗𒂵 𒈗 𒋀𒀊𒆠𒈠 𒈗𒆠𒂗 𒄀𒆠𒌵𒆤 𒂍𒀀𒉌 𒈬𒈾𒆕

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      Now I’m wondering why the Babylonians didn’t have giant triangle shaped orbital habitats.