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Originally Posted by dcb
Why do you bring up the messopotatoemans Tele?
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...first,
mia culpa (Latin:
my error), it was the
Babylonians not the Mesopotamians
...now, my answer -- for three (3) distinct reasons:
1) they're no longer around, ie: extinct.
2) they made base-60 "work" for them, ie: it's doable.
3) I work with number systems and "history-of-numbers" provides understanding and insight, ie: because
I can (ha,ha).