Re: Quote about skipping the year 0
Obviously not the work of mathematicians, must of been one of those nutty political things
(I should probably read the link before making these statements but wheres the fun in that? OK I am on record for my guess as to what happened to the year 0.)
OK I read it and still don't understand, did it take a whole year for Christ to be born? We go from 1 BC down to 6 months BC 5,4,3,2,1 days BC then suddenly it's 1 AD?
Here's another theory: 0 wasn't invented yet as a place holder, just like negative numbers were not real. Very primative days back then.
Obviously not the work of mathematicians, must of been one of those nutty political things
(I should probably read the link before making these statements but wheres the fun in that? OK I am on record for my guess as to what happened to the year 0.)
OK I read it and still don't understand, did it take a whole year for Christ to be born? We go from 1 BC down to 6 months BC 5,4,3,2,1 days BC then suddenly it's 1 AD?
Here's another theory: 0 wasn't invented yet as a place holder, just like negative numbers were not real. Very primative days back then.
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