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M_Methuselah
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Evolutionary biologist with a master's. Monophyletic fish. Bottom-up thinker. Clinically depressed. Nocturnal. Gamer. Anime and meme enthusiast. Shitposter.
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M_Methuselah
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No problem. It's honestly not that big of a deal in this instance, but there are other cases where it's more important.
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If you're so inclined then I suggest also getting it inside of you. But you should probably do it with your eyes instead, one word at a time.
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Now this is why I come to Twitter. Inject this straight into my veins. twitter.com/QuantaMagazine…
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Lest one thinks I'm fibbing, this is a crop of our office whiteboard that shows the relevant part of his sales pitch. pic.twitter.com/9iFmN0dKru
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The symbols consist of two digit 1s arranged as eleven in base 10, with the digit 2 or 3 respectively superimposed on top.
Nevermind that there is no "eleven one" or that "eleven two" corresponds to the base 10 value of ten.
The proposal then quickly went off the rails further.
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M_Methuselah
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A few months ago one of my friends from my master's cohort argued for the utility of a base 12 system. He made a lot of really good points and I was on board with it until his proposal got around to the extra two digits, which he called "eleven two" and "eleven three."
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M_Methuselah
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You're right. It's probably used interchangeably because of the "commonly referred to as" phenomenon that I was lamenting. As for the reason why it hasn't been corrected despite this... ⬇️⬇️⬇️
twitter.com/M_Methuselah/s…
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M_Methuselah
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Base 10 isn't logical, and is as much of a historical artifact (because humans have 10 fingers) as any other counting/measuring system.
Since these aliens have 6 fingers, they should be asking why humans don't use the obviously superior base 12 for all of our numerical needs. twitter.com/nathanwpyle/st…
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We should bring back pigeon fancy. Let's bring back pigeon fancy.
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Many times they might actually be correct, but it gets frustrating when people use the equivalent of "square" to refer to every "rectangle" out there, even if only some of them have equal side lengths.
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So mostly, people in all sorts of contexts, even people very educated in related fields, will use "ammonite(s)" when referring to "ammonoid(s)," both in general and even when referring to specific specimens.
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Among the morphilogies (Goniatitidian, Ceratitidian, and Ammonitidian), the ammonites are usually defined by the extreme degree of convolution in the sutures of the septa between the camerae of the phragmocone.
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In general, there are three or so different general morphilogies within Ammonoidea that correspond to classification within orders, though sometimes they're broken up into suborders.
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It's a rectangles vs squares kind of thing. All ammonites are ammonoids but not all ammonoids are ammonites.
Ammonoidea appeared all the way back in the Devonian, but Ammonitida only appeared within Ammonoidea during the late Triassic.
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The world may call it a second chance, but when I came back it was more of a relapse.
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I'm just going to have to come to terms with the fact that, unless they already know, absolutely no one cares about the difference between "ammonoids" and "ammonites" and that almost all popular usage will always be incorrect as a result.
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Komm, süsser Tod on repeat at 4am.
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Sometimes I can cheer myself up by remembering that pink fairy armadillos exist. pic.twitter.com/WoMmPM186E
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More than likely.
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Of course. I may not respond in any timely fashion but don't feel like you can't talk to me.
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