• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    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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        1 year ago

        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