Questions tagged [numeral]
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Would beings with a base 8 number system be advantaged for electronics?
I am looking forward to create anthropomorphic dragons/lizards with 8 fingers (3 + thumb). As they base their number system on it, the powers of 2 are recurrent.
Would this grant any advantage for the ...
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World With No Concept of Numbers [closed]
Nothing repeats in this world. Nothing happens as much similar to another thing already happened that #2 can be assigned to it, even superficially.
Can intelligent life exist in such world?
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Number of Fingers for a Math Oriented Race
Form follows function, or that's how the saying goes. Which isn't true for some things. That is to say, a large reason why humans use a base 10 numbering system is because we have 10 fingers, not that ...
