why do we write from left to right, why is zero on the left of the ruler, why do progress graphs always point to the left? Is there an objective reason for that or is it just the way it turned out?
why do we write from left to right, why is zero on the left of the ruler, why do progress graphs always point to the left? Is there an objective reason for that or is it just the way it turned out?
It’s arbitrary. Hebrew and Arabic write right to left, for example, and other things go the other way too such as computer UIs
Arabic is right to left, but interestingly the place values of numbers are still left to right from highest to lowest