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Why do we have ten fingers?
John Roth:
--- Quote from: jk on June 30, 2011, 05:58:19 PM ---Because that is what works for us. Try to imagine your hand with less or more fingers and see if it would still work so well.
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Octopuses don't have fingers at all, but they can grip things quite well. I've seen some amazing pictures. (Have to resist making a tentacle joke. Whew.)
John Roth
jk:
--- Quote from: John Roth on June 30, 2011, 10:40:08 PM ---Octopuses don't have fingers at all, but they can grip things quite well. I've seen some amazing pictures. (Have to resist making a tentacle joke. Whew.)
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Octopuses tend to do slightly different things with their tentacles than people do with their hands, don't they :P
Tina:
--- Quote from: John Roth on June 30, 2011, 12:42:21 PM ---
--- Quote from: Tina on June 30, 2011, 09:49:49 AM ---Why? and ten toes?
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We don't all have 10 fingers. Some of us have 12.
John Roth
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That is helpful to playing an octave. 8)
Tina:
--- Quote from: jk on June 30, 2011, 10:37:37 PM ---Actually someone once asked Michael this precise question before, and I think the context of it was - if our universe is based on number 7, why do we have 5 fingers or five toes on each hand/foot. And they answered something along the line of "whatever works best".
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Ok, but toes are useless to me ;D
Tina:
--- Quote from: Chiara DB on June 30, 2011, 09:38:30 PM ---I think this is a question for evolutionary biologists, not the MT.
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I predict their answer will be predictable. :)
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