On: Again on 0-based vs. 1-based indexing

[nybble41]

My point was that the natural procedure for computers is also more natural for humans, since it involves fewer special cases. Humans are better than computers at dealing with ad-hoc special cases but that doesn't make them natural.

[TuringTest → nybble41]

Having fewer special cases doesn't make it more natural, when those special cases are intuitive and forcing a single homogeneous process feels weird.

The brain is very good at finding patterns for special cases and very bad at following repetitive orders.