lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoDid the year zero never exist ?message-squaremessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareDid the year zero never exist ?lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square5linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejsomae@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years 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-down1·2 years 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.