Re: Can Heortling farmers count?

From: Andrew Larsen <aelarsen_at_...>
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2013 10:55:52 -0600

It seems to me that zero would work perfectly with the Lunar concept of the Empty Moon, and might fit with Dara Happan ideas of the shadow. After all, 0 is mirrored in the shape of the Moon and Fire runes. Conversely, I would guess Sartarite scholars oppose the notion, perhaps in part because it seems very Lunar/Solar.

Andrew E. Larsen

On Jan 9, 2013, at 10:37 AM, Stephen Tempest <glorantha_at_...k> wrote:

> Pomeroi pomeroi_at_...> writes:
>
> >Soon later, the "new" architects of the medieval age came, and were
> >successful. Again: counting is one thing, but having a grasp of, say,
> >how much weight is a stone block of so much length, height and width, is
> >a completely different matter! So easy for a young pupil nowadays!
> >
>
> I also think it's a lot easier to multiply 146 by 69 by 20 than it
> would be to multiply CXLVI by LXIX by XX. Place notation and the
> concept of zero were revolutionary innovations.
>
> So which Gloranthan cultures possess the concept of zero? And
> conversely, which have heard of it but regard it as a vile chaotic
> heresy? (Treating negation as a concrete entity!)
>
> Stephen
>
>

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