-----Original Message----- From: Ma Be <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: January 6, 2002 16:01 Subject: [USMA:17284] Re: The number twelve and the universe!!
>On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 00:33:48 > Bill Potts wrote: >>You've lost me there, Marcus. >> >>A base-20 system in which the radix value is integrally divisible by 3? > >I still must insist that we were meant to count in 10's. Not "meant to count in 10's"; we (the Indians, I believe) just took off on that particular tangent. I doubt, very much, that scholars prior to that genesis analysed a plurality of possible radixes. At this point in time (as has been pointed out a number of times, here), the prospect of changing to another base is minuscule. Duncan So, let's *please* forget about discussing this base-12 system stuff, it won't lead anywhere. It's supposed "advantages" are far outweighed by the complexities it would introduce (plus the nightmare that would cause to reeducate the entire world population! Forget it!!!...). It would be a win-lose situation more slanted towards the lose side. > >Marcus
