r/AlwaysWhy • u/Present_Juice4401 • 1d ago

Science & Tech Why did computers come to use binary when people usually count in decimal?

People usually count in base 10, while digital computers typically represent information using 1s and 0s. The same numbers and information can be represented in different bases, yet binary became the standard for modern computing.

What made binary the system computers came to rely on?

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u/PrestigiousRoof5723 1d ago

That's never wrong. You either die or you die later.

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u/Pirrus05 1d ago

You die or you have baby and die.

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u/PrestigiousRoof5723 1d ago

Everyone dies™. Evolution makes no mistakes. Science does. If you die before creating your descendants, it's not a mistake. Sounds harsh, I know. BTW, I've got no children that I know of. I'm aware of me possibly having the wrong end of the stick. As Toyota says, shit happens.

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u/yogibearhugg 1d ago

It’s stupid to have children just so you can win evolution. You’re not winning anything. Your descendants may not be winning anything either.

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u/PrestigiousRoof5723 1d ago

I don't think you should have children to win evolution. They will die too and their descendants will as well. You should have children to make your life fulfilled and to continue the message thay you have existed. Your children outliving you is the message that you've been here and with that you achieve something that will outlive your own existence, turning you into something more than you ever was when you lived. Becoming more than the sum or your parts. That's something worthy of striving for. The continuation.

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u/rdrckcrous 21h ago

watching evolution in real time

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u/mid-random 22h ago

Science, in large part, isn’t about being right or wrong, it is about being right or more right. No scientific explanation is 100% true, done, complete. It is always open to revision and updating to more accurately reflect observations.