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3. I suppose that this proves that Babylonians had 60 fingers

Sat May 19, 2012, 10:39 PM

May 2012

Or 30 at least.

Or maybe 6.

Very interesting, all the same!

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Numberphile: '60' [View all] pokerfan May 2012 OP

very cool! here's a nice discussion of this tablet Blues Heron May 2012 #1

very cool... ProdigalJunkMail May 2012 #2

I suppose that this proves that Babylonians had 60 fingers Orrex May 2012 #3

I can count 1023 using two hands pokerfan May 2012 #5

I can multiply any two numbers with two hands... laconicsax May 2012 #6

multiplication is repeated addition... pokerfan May 2012 #7

I had a good time looking up tetration last night when I read that one. laconicsax May 2012 #8

If a 4-shot espresso is a 'quad'. daaron May 2012 #9

I think it's called "rocket fuel" laconicsax May 2012 #13

That's Numberwang! htuttle May 2012 #11

/golfclap FreeBC May 2012 #14

6 is the product of the two smallest prime numbers. daaron May 2012 #12

It all means something. napoleon_in_rags May 2012 #16

Yes. It all means something. daaron May 2012 #18

But since we don't understand the question... FiveGoodMen May 2012 #19

The Information Age was born when meaning was discarded. napoleon_in_rags May 2012 #20

They did great work with pi too. napoleon_in_rags May 2012 #15

They certainly got the ball rolling pokerfan May 2012 #17