Why Our Counting System is Biased

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How do you count like a computer? Neil deGrasse Tyson examines our base ten number system and teaches Chuck different ways to count… or at least tries to. Is our counting system biased?

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Counting to Ten
00:55 - Counting in Base 5 & Base 16
7:08 - Counting in Binary
12:40 - Are we Base 10 Biased?
14:14 - Closing