2024-03-01 10:26 UTC
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i.e. they might have different Physics, but Maths is the same. And they might have different Chemistry, but Maths would be the same.
What if they counted in fours instead of tens (cos they had 4 fingers)? Base Four is something we can already do with Maths now. We already use Base Two (binary) and Base Sixteen (hexadecimal) in computing, so that doesn't change anything either, just a different base...
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@SmartmanApps@dotnet.social 2024-03-01 10:27
4/6 I've also seen people claim that some things in Maths are "arbitrary", like the order of operations rules. e.g. they try to say that multiplication ONLY comes before addition because "we chose that", and that, according to them, we could "choose" to make it the other way around. I debunked that already at https://dotnet.social/@SmartmanApps/111243269757880043 but in short the rules are a natural consequence of the way we have defined things. e.g. 2x3 is short for 2+2+2. So now imagine an expression like 2+3x4...
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@PeterLG@theblower.au 2024-03-01 12:19
@SmartmanApps@dotnet.social Everyone knows that the true genius of planet Earth, the octopus, counts in base eight. 🐙