@neiltyson Of course, the real reason that characters at amusement parks have four fingers per hand is to eliminate the middle finger.
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@neiltyson If they used their toes as well, they could go into binary, decimal and hexadecimal as well...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Most web-weaving spiders, having 3 claws, would count base 3, while most hunting spiders, having 2 claws, would count base 2. -
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@neiltyson Oh, a spider's arms are its pedipalps. Each pedipalp has one claw, so spiders must count base two, in binary. -
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@neiltyson Except that adult male spiders have no claws on their pedipalps. It's safe to assume that adult male spiders can't count.
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@neiltyson you're a scientist - no need to guess! In The Missing Bus (s02e02) Fred Flintstone notes he counted to ten. Hypothesis: shaky. -
@GraemeEdgeler Yeah, but he doesn't say if it was "... six, seven, ten."@neiltyson -
@lyndonhood@neiltyson the evidence to refute that hypothesis comes from 10 Little Flintstones (e04e16), in which there are 10 extra Freds. -
@GraemeEdgeler Also possible choices made translating from the original paleolithic.@neiltyson -
@lyndonhood@neiltyson I will note I said the hypothesis was "shaky". If you've evidence to support that contention, I'm open to change :-)
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@neiltyson@StartupLJackson Do you suppose Count Rugen uses base 11?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson so If we all had 6 more fingers the total adoption of IPv6 would completed years ago?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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And this proves Fred is not an ancestor of humans, but rather of human-sized mice. Ain't genetic science grand?
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@neiltyson Imagine living life without a middle finger! Poor Mickey and FredThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson nice.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson As Tom Lehrer once said, “Don’t worry; base 8 is just like base 10, really… If you’re missing two fingers.” - 1 more reply
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@neiltyson: Canonically, the Kilrathi from 'Wing Commander' use an octal number system for exactly that reason.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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