Zerush@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.ml · 1 年前Pythagorean Theorem Found On Clay Tablet 1,000 Years Older Than Pythagoraswww.iflscience.comexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
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minus-squaredrspod@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 年前 the Pythagorean theorem is a purely intuitive thing everyone does regularly. Excuse me, what?
minus-squareanarchoilluminati [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 年前I take it you haven’t read Plato?
minus-squareThordros [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 年前The first person to take a diagonal shortcut while walking understood it.
minus-squaredrspod@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 年前Taking a diagonal shortcut means that you understand a + b > c. That’s a far leap from being able to prove that a^2 + b^2 = c^2.
minus-squareتحريرها كلها ممكن@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 年前It is if you needed to collect taxes and wanted a way to measure 📐
Excuse me, what?
I take it you haven’t read Plato?
The first person to take a diagonal shortcut while walking understood it.
Taking a diagonal shortcut means that you understand
a + b > c. That’s a far leap from being able to prove thata^2 + b^2 = c^2.It is if you needed to collect taxes and wanted a way to measure 📐