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2+2=4 but what if 4 didn't exist? (self.showerthoughts)
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[–] markr 3 points 1 year ago

In an oddly appropriate way, base 1 simply uses 0s to add a place holder for each counted item. In other words ‘4’ base 1 is ‘0000’. It exists but it defeats the purpose of symbolic representation of counted items by requiring the observer to count the digits.