(I arrived at this line of thinking after realizing Morse code only needs one finger, but can be roughly considered a version of binary.)
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counting to 32 in binary on your hands is pretty easy too
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Oh, thanks! I looked casually for the answer before posting my question, but clearly didn’t do a great job.
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Semi-relatedly, part of me wishes we referred to bases as e.g. 9+1, since every base is "base 10" written in itself
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@quince, I can't believe I've never thought of that before. Scales from eyes, etc. !
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Why do you need a special symbol for "I have nothing" if you are counting using physical representations (fingers, sticks, etc.).
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Yeah! Nothing should represent Nothing I guess...
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zero was invented much, much later than other numbers
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By the Indians according to Russel Peters the Comic. Funny origin story
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