One for the math nerds.

[--Pete]

Hi,

That type of thing makes me wonder why we've settled on a base 10 numbering system for most types of things . . .
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Count your fingers.

. . . and if we were using, say a base 8, as our default if the explainable parts of our world would still be thought of in the same way.

No. All bases are isomorphic. Anything done in one can be done in any other. Sometimes a given base is more useful because of the underlying problem (e.g., binary for logic) but most of the time it really doesn't matter. For example, pi is transcendental in all bases (except, of course, base pi ;) ).

--Pete