Ok - I learnt this yesterday.
What is the highest number a Babylonian could count to using just their hands?
12?
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Is the number gender specific?If this were QI there would be a klaxon blaring....
If this were QI there would be a klaxon blaring....
Surely it'd be 2047 rather than 1023? (ie 2^11 -1)
10?Are you overthinking it?
No complex formulae required.
On one hand a Babylonian could count to x
Using both hands they would routinely count to y
What is y?
...or was it "he has to take is underpants off to count to 23." ?As Joan Rivers once said, "My husband is so dumb, he has to take his shoes and socks off to count to 20."