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[-] dfc09@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

12 is more divisible than 10. 10 can only be cut into 5's and 2's, 12 has 2, 3, 4, and 6.

[-] jackpot@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago

but 10 exponentially speaking is more sound 10 100 1000 10000 100000 etc

[-] dfc09@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

True! And that's probably why we use base 10, also we have 10 fingers. But that's usually the argument for base 12. I think we do ok using it in just certain cases, like time and inches.

[-] WaterSword@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Actually this works fine in base 12 too! See my other comment for a more in-depth explanationz

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