humans and logic

[Rainy]

On 12 Jun 2001 08:39:37 -0700, thinkit <thinkit8 at lycos.com> wrote:
> humans should use a power of 2 as a base.  this is more logical because it
> synchs with binary, which is at the very heart of logic--true and false.  it is
> more natural perhaps, to use decimal--but logic should, and will, win out.
> 

It's actually illogical to use binary for everything - it's simply too hard to
write a large number in it. Try writing 1,388,034,093 in binary on a piece of paper
then come back :-).


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