system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Would aliens understand a message from Earth that relied on prime-numbers if they used a base other than 10?
gpt
Prime numbers don't depend on the base used. It is a mathematical fact that you can't rearrange IIIIIII or IIIIIIIIIIIII into smaller equal groups, while you can do it for IIIIII (III-III or II-II-II). That's independent of if you call IIIIIII 7 (in decimal) or 111 (in binary).