Zerush@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.ml • 6 months agoPythagorean Theorem Found On Clay Tablet 1,000 Years Older Than Pythagorasexternal-linkmessage-square23 fedilinkarrow-up1193
arrow-up1193external-linkPythagorean Theorem Found On Clay Tablet 1,000 Years Older Than PythagorasZerush@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.ml • 6 months agomessage-square23 Commentsfedilink
minus-squaredrspod@lemmy.mlhexbear8·6 months ago the Pythagorean theorem is a purely intuitive thing everyone does regularly. Excuse me, what? linkfedilink
minus-squareThordros [he/him, comrade/them]hexbear8·6 months agoThe first person to take a diagonal shortcut while walking understood it. link
minus-squaredrspod@lemmy.mlhexbear9·6 months agoTaking 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. linkfedilink
minus-squareتحريرها كلها ممكن@lemmy.mlhexbear4·6 months agoIt is if you needed to collect taxes and wanted a way to measure 📐 linkfedilink
minus-squareanarchoilluminati [comrade/them]hexbear2·6 months agoI take it you haven't read Plato? link
Excuse me, what?
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 📐
I take it you haven't read Plato?