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Sometimes I wonder if the number 10 would be the mathematical standard of “whole” if humans weren’t born with 10 fingers and 10 toes.

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Anonymous 2w

Genuinely yes. There’s cultures with base 12 counting systems bc they count the segments in their fingers instead of the whole fingers themselves

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Anonymous

#1 2w

By segments, do you mean joints?

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Anonymous

OP 2w

If so, makes sense. There’s 18, which is divisible by 6

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Anonymous

OP 2w

Yes. they count the 3 on each finger with their thumb. So 3x4=12

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