So, people we don't know who exist, choose not to speak to us? You have to realize how that sounds.

First, physics is proven by experiment and/or observation. The math must catch up to the data. The base of mathematics does not matter, since all bases are inter-translatable. And the equations are base-independent. All the important technological computations are done in binary (computer). Who is telling you it makes a difference? How? We can produce the value of pi in any base you want, and it will always be an irrational number. It sounds like hogwash intended to bamboozle the scientifically illiterate.

I am interested in off-the-map material, too. But if there is no physical or mathematical theory, it is generally impossible to develop a technology. It puts you back in the era of blacksmithing, but the smith would still need to have dimensional measures for whatever he is fabricating.