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Re:Solving the cube root of 19,683 mentally by 8192kjshad09- on Saturday February 04, 2023 @04:50AM (#34653190)
There's some research indicating the opposite, that people intuitively think in logarithms. We perceive sound, light, and possibly even the passage of time logarithmicly[1]

I don't think there has been an explanation proposed for why it's easier to do linear math in our heads, I have to imagine this is just the effect of school.

[1]: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-75191-6

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Re:Solving the cube root of 19,683 mentally by anon___ on Saturday February 04, 2023 @05:18AM (#34653317)
Everything you listed, and the linked article is about perception, not thinking. Paradoxically, our thinking is linear, and it seems to be useful to change that: https://hbr.org/2017/05/linear-thinking-in-a-nonlinear-world.
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