Comment on The Lost Decade:What the World Can Learn from 10 Years of ExcessesparentComments−dhoe16ySo you define millennium as "years passed since year 1", and think that those who count "years passed since year -1" are wrong? Interesting.−gloob16yYes, in just the same way that I think people who start counting from -1 on a measuring tape or from 37 on a speedometer are doing it wrong. Just because a convention is entirely arbitrary doesn't prevent people from being wrong about it.
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So you define millennium as "years passed since year 1", and think that those who count "years passed since year -1" are wrong? Interesting.
Yes, in just the same way that I think people who start counting from -1 on a measuring tape or from 37 on a speedometer are doing it wrong. Just because a convention is entirely arbitrary doesn't prevent people from being wrong about it.