James Edwards on Nostr: Counting in 12 goes back thousands of years, you could write a “historical use of ...

Counting in 12 goes back thousands of years, you could write a “historical use of 12” article every day for the rest of your life. 🙂

Because it’s easily divisible into halves, thirds and quarters.

Clocks, dates, currencies, units and measurements, legends and mythologies, they all stem from that practical simplicity, and reinforce an almost magical ubiquity. The comparisons you could make between distant times and cultures could be fascinating.

I’d read that blog 👍