Double posting, sorry.

 

 

 

 

 

On an interesting side note, the reason we humans count in base ten is because we

 

have 10 fingers. If people only had 2 fingers on each hand, for example, or number system

 

would go like this.

 

 

 

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0

 

1

 

2

 

3

 

4

 

10

 

11

 

12

 

13

 

14

 

20

 

21

 

22

 

23

 

24

 

30

 

31

 

32

 

33

 

34

 

40

 

41

 

42

 

43

 

44

 

100

 

101

 

102

 

103

 

104

 

110

 

111

 

112

 

113

 

114

 

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Wrap your head around that. This theory is on of my own creation, and I think it's

 

probably pretty true.

 

 

 

Almost true. In your example humans would have 2ÃÆââ¬Å¡Ãâý fingers on each hand, so 5 fingers in total. :wink:

 

 

 

Here's some examples, the first you will (or not) recognize as binary.

 

 

 

[hide]2 fingers in total (not per hand):

 

0 = 0

 

1 = 1

 

10 = 2

 

11 = 3

 

100 = 4

 

101 = 5

 

110 = 6

 

111 = 7

 

1001 = 8

 

etc

 

 

 

3 fingers in total (not per hand):

 

0 = 0

 

1 = 1

 

2 = 2

 

10 = 3

 

11 = 4

 

12 = 5

 

20 = 6

 

21 = 7

 

22 = 8

 

etc

 

 

 

4 fingers in total (not per hand):

 

0 = 0

 

1 = 1

 

2 = 2

 

3 = 3

 

10 = 4

 

11 = 5

 

12 = 6

 

13 = 7

 

20 = 8

 

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Now I hope I didn't make a mistake. :P

A word doesnt have to be in the dictionary, or even part of a language. It's just a tool of communication. If someone says B to another person, and B means to go to the mall, than B is a "word", a tool of communication.

Another mind-boggler:

 

How would our own thoughts be organized without our knowledge of the spoken language?

 

 

 

There wouldn't really be much of a point to organized thoughts if we didn't have a spoken language. How would we ever communicate them?

 

Visually, of course. Either with written or with sign language. I'd say that we (or at least some major part of the population) already organise thoughts in this way.