Base 12 - Numberphile

We mark the date 12/12/12 with a video about the merits of the dozenal/duodecimal system.
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NUMBERPHILE

Videos by Brady Haran

[gravity]

This video scores 9/10. Just 3 points short of a perfect score.

[timgehrsitz]

Screw that lets use base 5040 for the ultimate dividing experience

[DrScrubbington]

11Ɛ8 is 2012, so that means...
11Ɛ9 is 2013,
11ƐX is 2014,
11ƐƐ is 2015,
That makes 2016 = 1200. Happy new century, I guess.

[nac]

Me: The year 2020 in base 12 is 1204.

The people of Constantinople: Aw s**t here we go again.

[autorb]

12 guys walk in to a bar
the bartender challenge them to drink 100 glass of vines
they all agree that it's gross

[Abstract_zx]

time for an infinite base, where each number has its own unique character regardless of how big it is

[oliverdowning]

when I use alternate bases I usually replace the symbols 0-9 as well because I find it hard to get used to numbers that look the same but are different

[iangramps]

5:32
"In dozenal, It dozen happen."

[DJNicke]

Fascinating! Great video!

As a former Disney animator, we worked at 24 frames per second, which was SO MUCH EASIER to animate things on fractions of a second using 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 24 - as steps in timing for a character or object.

I definitely think mathematics would be far simpler using this numbering system, as I still use it to calculate things in my head simply by being exposed to it in my younger years.

[thatasiankid]

There's an alternate universe where this video is about the decimal system.

[GrayBlood]

10 year anniversary. What a wild ride.

[rogerwang]

*WhY dOn’T wE cOmPrOmIsE aNd UsE bAsE 11???*

[RV-N]

F***, now i need to learn my "el" and "doe" times tables.

[ArvindRajAgnosticAtheist]

I love how he's practically smiling all the time.

Edit : Thx for the 600 likes!

[themustardthe]

And for the hand-counting bit at the end, it’s made even easier to count in 12’s if you use your thumb instead of your other hand to count of the segments. This frees another hand to count off *groups* of twelve, letting you count to 144 on just two hands.

[PedroCarvalhoLC]

Can imagine the French going 4 dou 2 dou dou for 92...

[zbtqprx]

I wouldn't want to count using 12 cymbals, it would be unnecessarily loud

[JaveLester]

Makes more sense.

We have:
12 hour day
12 hour night
12 months

[prismokz]

If we had 6 fingers we'd have no middle finger :(

[JoaDrath]

There are DOZENS of us who want the dozenal/duodecimal system!