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Tweak says, "I will hipnotize you!"

Dr Sam Wilson (machinesrus) wrote in somerealityweb,
@ 2020-10-05 09:09:00

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The thing that really really bugs me about cartoons is when they draw them with only eight fingers but everyone's still using base ten, like where did those extra two numbers come from? Forget older people complaining about New Math, the numbers 9 and 10 would be a complete travesty. Why are we doiing this to our children?? It's just some abstract philosophical construct that doesn't mean anything in the real world. 7 x 3 is not 21, everyone knows it's 25. I don't know how they expect me to buy into the world building when they make such amateur mistakes.

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	machinesrus 2020-10-04 10:18 pm UTC (link)
	Depends now many fingers you have. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lt_america 2020-10-04 10:22 pm UTC (link)
	... how does that change the numbers three and seven? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	machinesrus 2020-10-04 10:26 pm UTC (link)
	the whole number system is based iff counting on fingers it's why it goes up to ten so if everyone has less fingers they should only count to eight which means nine is actually eleven. So if you multiple seven and three you have 21 counters in a row and mark off groups of eight which is actually ten and you get two groups and five left over so it's 25 (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lt_america 2020-10-04 11:11 pm UTC (link)
	Im... too dumb for this. Sorry. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	machinesrus 2020-10-04 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	think it's easier if you do it with counters or someth8ng so you can see it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lt_america 2020-10-05 12:17 am UTC (link)
	I just don't understand the reason why the numeric value of the number based on how many hands you have. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	machinesrus 2020-10-05 09:42 am UTC (link)
	Because peope learned to count on their fingers. The's no magic meaning behind the number ten except it's how many fingers we have. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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