I’m willing to bet I could teach someone how to count in binary on their fingers who doesn’t know binary in five minutes or less. They don’t need to know it’s binary. It’s just a simple rule that you add one and if that finger is up it instead goes down and the next goes up. They don’t need to know more than that. Then they just work backwards to get the final count. Knowing this is binary can be helpful, but it isn’t a prerequisite.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 months ago
True, although I would put binary in the “fancy math” category.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
I wouldn’t. It’s easy, people just haven’t learned it. It takes probably all of a minute to teach someone to count in binary with their fingers.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 2 months ago
If they are already familiar with binary, sure.
There are 10 types of people. Those that understand binary and those that don’t.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
I’m willing to bet I could teach someone how to count in binary on their fingers who doesn’t know binary in five minutes or less. They don’t need to know it’s binary. It’s just a simple rule that you add one and if that finger is up it instead goes down and the next goes up. They don’t need to know more than that. Then they just work backwards to get the final count. Knowing this is binary can be helpful, but it isn’t a prerequisite.