idefix@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 11 months agoMy 6-year old son just told me humans have 9 fingers, not 10message-squaremessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1147file-text
arrow-up1147message-squareMy 6-year old son just told me humans have 9 fingers, not 10idefix@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 11 months agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSavvyWolf@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·11 months agoI mean, not everyone has 10 fingers, so the average is slightly less than 10. Coerce to an integer and you get 9.
minus-squareDeckweiss@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-211 months agoBut some people have more than 5 fingers per hand (Polydactyly, afaik the most per hand was 8) so it balances out. /s
minus-squareSilverCode@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·11 months agoYeah but then Pterodactyls bring that number back down again
minus-squarePlutoniumAcid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-210 months agoOn average, a person contains slightly more than one skeleton. On average, a person has slightly less than two legs.
I mean, not everyone has 10 fingers, so the average is slightly less than 10. Coerce to an integer and you get 9.
But some people have more than 5 fingers per hand (Polydactyly, afaik the most per hand was 8) so it balances out. /s
Yeah but then Pterodactyls bring that number back down again
Wings are their hands tho
With 4 fingers tho
On average, a person contains slightly more than one skeleton.
On average, a person has slightly less than two legs.