This is why you shouldn't learn math

I guess it's the different cultures that invented the number zero?

Except Babylon didn't?

The Babylonians did not have a concept of zero. They had a symbol for a zero in their base 60 numeral system, but didn't use it as a standalone number or concept.

Who's the guy with the long beard?

Fun fact: He didn't invent zero. He simply was willing to part with the idea that the number zero was unholy. People back in the day associated zero with hell.

https://bookshop.org/p/books/zero-the-biography-of-a-dangerous-idea-charles-seife/9b102f8407965163

Zero -The Biography of a Dangerous Idea.

Great book.

They're saying he has more than 9 girlfriends? I mean, yes, inventing the concept of place value, and the necesary zero, is impressive, but I don't think he'll be attracting that many ladies at once!

Nerdy thoughts about what that concept unlocks for us all: