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Every base except for base 1 (tallies)

So, I should say "base VIII", "base X", "base XVI"?

He’s not wrong

I feel like the last line should not be "what is base 4?" but "what is 4?". "By 4, I mean 10. But by 10, I mean 22."

The overall message I get is that the points of view are symmetric and that just seems like a failure to translate.

Since 10 cannot be named, base 3+1

Every base is base 10