[lojban-beginners] Why 16

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Subject: [lojban-beginners] Why 16
From: HeliodoR <exitconsole@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 10:44:28 +0200
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I'm also curious about the creators' decision on the number system: why do we have 2^4 basic number-words?

(And I will hardly accept an answer like 'Because that covers 10' since, for example, 1000 is also perfect for this reason. :) )

heliodor

P.S.: Maybe they liked the symmetry of 2^2^2??

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