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Numbers are just sets of empty sets :) Base 10 works well for us because we have 10 fingers.

All numbering systems are base β€œ10”

Have a look at Von Neumann ordinals.

Under your numbering system, you have a least two symbols "1" and "0". In Von Neumann numbering system, there is only "0" which is defined as the empty set. The remainder of the natural numbers are just the "successor" of the empty set. The idea of "1", and thus "10" doesn't exist, there is no base.

For some reason my public school was very interested in base 5