My 6-year old son just told me humans have 9 fingers, not 10 (sh.itjust.works)

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So proud of him!

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

It's as if people used their fingers when starting counting things... How weird

[-] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Me casually using base-12 (Mesopotamian) for counting

[-] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Polydactyl? Or how did they manage that?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

http://www.gregapodaca.com/numerography/files/dozpent_palm_2.jpg

[-] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You mean used their digits? There are only 8 fingers. But then there is also the octal system. And together with a friend you could count in hexadecimal... :)

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