Yes, it's from a book called "Uncle John's Bathroom Reader" and that book was resting on a closed toilet seat in a nation that only kind of uses the metric system in certain situations... however, you'd be surprised how much you can learn after a single visit to any local fast-food joint!

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[–] [S] -4 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Measurement works because it's accepted on it's own terms.

If I were to believe that 1 is 2, it would be very difficult to explain that 2 is indeed double the normal amount of 1.

The same goes for some alien species that has too many or not enough fingers and doesn't use prime numbers because of this.

I don't personally believe that math is truly universal. But maybe I'm being existential ;)

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