> a bit like using the number of fingers we have to argue that decimal is the best number system to work in.
Fun fact unrelated to your main point: some ancient peoples counted on their knuckles, using their thumb to point to each one. This let them count in multiples of 12 (3 knuckles on each of 4 fingers), then use their other hand to count out multiples! You can count as high as 72 this way, which was great for ancient cultures oriented around highly composite numbers like 12, 24, and 60.
Fun fact unrelated to your main point: some ancient peoples counted on their knuckles, using their thumb to point to each one. This let them count in multiples of 12 (3 knuckles on each of 4 fingers), then use their other hand to count out multiples! You can count as high as 72 this way, which was great for ancient cultures oriented around highly composite numbers like 12, 24, and 60.