Zander Horn
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John Cutting@ZachWeinersmith
Accurate
Stephan Matthiesen@ZachWeinersmith
Relax. They use a base 6 system as they have 6 fingers in total, so when they say 0.03 that is equivalent to our 3/36=0.083
@ionica
Relax. They use a base 6 system as they have 6 fingers in total, so when they say 0.03 that is equivalent to our 3/36=0.083
@ionica
Doug Warren
Tom Forsyth
Grant Canterbury@TomF @StephanMatthiesen @ZachWeinersmith @ionica I know, I wanted to be the one geeking out on base 6 math...
Tony Wells@ZachWeinersmith
They say that, but they're really good at p-hacking.
They say that, but they're really good at p-hacking.
@ZachWeinersmith
TECHNICALLY [pushes glasses up], an alien species with three fingers on each hand wouldn't use a decimal number system, but more likely a hexal (sexal?) one. So when they wrote their equivalent of ".03", it would actually represent 3 / 6^2 = 3 / 36 = 1 / 12, which is approximately .08, which is of course GREATER than .05.
TECHNICALLY [pushes glasses up], an alien species with three fingers on each hand wouldn't use a decimal number system, but more likely a hexal (sexal?) one. So when they wrote their equivalent of ".03", it would actually represent 3 / 6^2 = 3 / 36 = 1 / 12, which is approximately .08, which is of course GREATER than .05.
SparkleTea^^
This is the Sunday morning relaxing context I have grown to appreciate around here.
Signed, Totally a Non-Math Person
Morten@drgroftehauge @ZachWeinersmith
All we really know about their anatomy is from their statues. What do we count as fingers? The hooves or the feathers?
All we really know about their anatomy is from their statues. What do we count as fingers? The hooves or the feathers?
@drgroftehauge @ZachWeinersmith
I just counted both the hooves AND the feathers, and it adds up to 60. Mystery solved.
I just counted both the hooves AND the feathers, and it adds up to 60. Mystery solved.
Flaming Cheeto
Waterluvian@ZachWeinersmith “Billions” is what slays me.
Just churning out the papers.