ickplant@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 5 months agoCasually dropped this tidbitlemmy.worldimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1339arrow-down110file-text
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minus-squarelittleblue✨@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·5 months agoHeh. I’m sure we all know a few of those non-“recent” humans that can’t seem to grasp the concept. I just hope they’re in lower numbers than expected this November. 😶
minus-squareelxeno@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoFound the article just for this part …recent humans. (Fibonacci introduced zero to Western mathematics around the year 1200.) A bit different from the bees’ “understanding the concept of zero”. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/28/is-beekeeping-wrong
minus-squarelugal@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·5 months agoThis might be hard for you to understand but there might even be zero of them left
Heh. I’m sure we all know a few of those non-“recent” humans that can’t seem to grasp the concept. I just hope they’re in lower numbers than expected this November. 😶
Found the article just for this part
A bit different from the bees’ “understanding the concept of zero”.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/28/is-beekeeping-wrong
This might be hard for you to understand but there might even be zero of them left