lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agoDid the year zero never exist ?message-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareDid the year zero never exist ?lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejsomae@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoThis explanation is unclear to me. Why do we choose the later of the two endpoints of the year for (0, 1) but the earlier of the two for (-1, 0)?
minus-squarexigoi@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·7 months agoBecause until the Middle Ages, Europeans were afraid of the number 0.
This explanation is unclear to me. Why do we choose the later of the two endpoints of the year for (0, 1) but the earlier of the two for (-1, 0)?
Because until the Middle Ages, Europeans were afraid of the number 0.