Are numbers Real #2

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I’d say it’s pretty certain that we use base 10 because we have that many fingers. Any other base would work just as well in theory. (Lower bases will produce longer strings, while higher bases require more characters to remember.)

It’s the best tool we have for forming scientific models, and it’s working incredibly well. I wouldn’t doubt that there are better ways, and we shouldn’t give up hope of finding them. They may be beyond our current capabilities as a species, but we're always extending our reach via technology.