I feel that this is what we should be using instead of the current illogical time system.

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      10 months ago

      In which case teaching kids to count becomes more difficult because we have ten fingers

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            10 months ago

            Since we can count to “10” (12) on one hand, we can use the other hand to count sets of “10”, bringing us up to “100” (144). With decimal, we’re stuck at 20, and that’s only if we’re wearing sandals.

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              10 months ago

              If you’re pointing to the last phalange on both hands, that would be “110” (156) though wouldn’t it. Since it would be “10” x “10” + “10”.
              We could also use this method to count to 100 in base-10 using only the first 10 phalanges of the hand.

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            10 months ago

            Wait till you hear about these things called inches!