hidden dozen, base 10 vs base 12 Research May 2 Written by Corvin Ghita There is a number system older than the one you were taught in school. It doesn't live in textbooks or classrooms. It lives in the face of a clock, in the neck of a guitar, in the joints of your hand, in the way a carton of eggs feels intuitively complete. It is base 12 — the dozenal system — and the remarkable thing is not that it exists. The remarkable thing is that you have been thinking in it your entire life without realising it. We count in tens because we have ten fingers. This is not a mathematical truth — it is an anatomical accident, enshrined by habit over millennia. But fingers are not the only things we have. We also have joints. More info here. Corvin Ghita Previous Previous Washing His Hands of the Calendar Next Next audio post production. behind the scenes. scoring & movie sound
hidden dozen, base 10 vs base 12 Research May 2 Written by Corvin Ghita There is a number system older than the one you were taught in school. It doesn't live in textbooks or classrooms. It lives in the face of a clock, in the neck of a guitar, in the joints of your hand, in the way a carton of eggs feels intuitively complete. It is base 12 — the dozenal system — and the remarkable thing is not that it exists. The remarkable thing is that you have been thinking in it your entire life without realising it. We count in tens because we have ten fingers. This is not a mathematical truth — it is an anatomical accident, enshrined by habit over millennia. But fingers are not the only things we have. We also have joints. More info here. Corvin Ghita