Pythagorean talking points

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[3catwoman3]

1. Some years ago, I did see a statement about...

..."the so-called Pythagorean Theorem."

[SCantiGOP]

8. It's all a part of

our “so-called reality.”

[Hekate]

10. It's all a part of our so-called education

[paleotn]

13. Funny how reality bites us squarely in the ass no matter if we "believe" in it or not.

Apparently, it doesn't give two shits what humans "believe."

[muriel_volestrangler]

23. That might have been because there's a fair amount of evidence that others found it before him

eg the Babylonians (see eg https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/the-babylonians-were-using-pythagoras-theorem-over-1000-years-before-he-was-born ). It depends on the context the "so-called" appeared in.

[BoRaGard]

2. Limits give form to the limitless

[yardwork]

3. This is too true to be funny, really.

[Bluetus]

11. We are outnumbered, it seems

I understand a person being unhappy when oil companies raise gas prices for record profits, even if they can't understand why these things happen.

I don't understand people who deny the most basic and well-proven facts.

[Permanut]

4. Also completely ignores alternative versions..

For example, when the Scarecrow got his brain from the Wizard, he said:

"The sum of the square roots of any two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side."

[edhopper]

5. Which isn't true

it's a right triangle. But Scarecrow is forgiven because he just got the diploma.

[Permanut]

6. I've wondered why it was written that way in the script.

[edhopper]

18. The script writers

Weren't that smart.

[Permanut]

19. You know, they probably didn't even look it up.

[edhopper]

22. They should have

Googled it.

[Permanut]

24. I know, what did we do before Google?

[edhopper]

25. Remember stuff

And encyclopedias

[SCantiGOP]

28. I was going to say

If you had money, you looked it up in your family encyclopedia.
Otherwise, you had to wait until you could get to the library.

[ProfessorGAC]

15. You're Right...

...of course, but the scarecrow also says square root, but square is correct.
So, he got two things wrong.
Basically, he got a brain and still didn't understand anything.
I'll give him a pass. He's a scarecrow!

[Permanut]

20. Roger that..

and still the most remarkable Scarecrow ever!

[Iggo]

27. And he's not a traitor like that damned tin man.

[keithbvadu2]

7. 1+

[Lucky Luciano]

9. Oh sure! If you believe the world to be "Euclidean!" Big Euclidean is coming for us!

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[paleotn]

12. Sadly, we sometimes get that from both sides.

[rurallib]

14. so surprised that someone didn't mention that it went against Gawd's teachings

[whathehell]

16. Two American High Schoolers first to find new proof

of Pythagorarean theorem:

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/29/science/teens-pythagorean-theorem-study/index.html#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17328182663034&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2024%2F10%2F29%2Fscience%2Fteens-pythagorean-theorem-study%2Findex.html

Guess this is a new "talking point".

[CloudWatcher]

17. Irrational numbers are blasphemy

Math book that includes such "numbers" should be banned!

[dalton99a]

21. Tell them about imaginary numbers

and Euler's formula

[DontBelieveEastisEas]

26. Used to be one of the Equilateral triangles but They split me. I didn't change, they turned me into one of the Right.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

29. This right here is no joke.

This is our country and a lot of the world now. No joke.

One very important loss is the understanding and agreement on the fact that an argument needs to meet certain criteria to be valid. 99% of their arguments are invalid. But they don't agree.

It is so disheartening and I just can't see a way back from this rejection of sanity.