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> Lists are for humans to read and therefore should use the natural numbers, which start at one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peano_axioms#Formulation

To address the content of your post: I agree, but humans aren't purely logical devices created by Dr. Noonien Soong, and we do enjoy playing with things and joking about.

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Peano axioms can just as well be formulated with 1 as the smallest natural number, with little consequence as to the expressiveness of the resulting theory.

Not that there aren't mathematical reasons to start counting with zero, but this isn't a very strong one, at least not without further elaboration.

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