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Originally Posted by Drip Curl Magic
...A lot of scientists have come up with formulas to explain our surroundings... but those formulas were based around the mathematics system that we already know. It's possible that if we were to make a new counting system, that we'd still be able to come up with just as many workable calculations.... but we'd have to re-work every formula that scientists have ever come up with.....
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Your conclusion, er, may not be, uh, entirely correct. [Sanctus, help me out here] The Formulas that scientists use actually do not care what base your counting system is in. Really. For example,
Force equals Mass times Acceleration. F=mA.
We can choose any (one) counting system, and there are an infinite number of them. We multiply the value of m times the value of A. We get the product in that same counting system. However, we must pre-define our system of UNITS.
We can have mass in Kilograms, acceleration in Meters per Second squared, and Force in Newtons.
Or mass in Slugs, acceleration in Feet per Second squared, and Force in Pounds.
As long as you are consistent, and have a well defined set of UNITS, the counting system doesn't matter. It's just arithmatic. And F always = mA.
