drspod comments on Pythagorean Theorem Found On Clay Tablet 1,000 Years Older Than Pythagoras

[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

the Pythagorean theorem is a purely intuitive thing everyone does regularly.

Excuse me, what?

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[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

The first person to take a diagonal shortcut while walking understood it.

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[–] drspod@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago

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.

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[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

It is if you needed to collect taxes and wanted a way to measure 📐

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[–] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 1 point 2 years ago

I take it you haven't read Plato?

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