group: engineering-systems-automation

number system

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  • Zero’s 1500-Year Ban: Western Philosophical Resistance and Eastern Acceptance
    • The number zero was initially absent in early human societies due to the absence of a need for representing “nothing.”
    • Early tallying systems did not include a symbol for zero.
    • Video discusses philosophical resistance in the West against accepting the concept of zero, contrasting with its acceptance in Eastern cultures.