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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (11 children)

i would really appreciate it if a stats/math nerd would put together a short piece on how "statistically it only makes sense if the Egyptians built a pyramid, this is the most logical and likely outcome"

i feel like you could argue that statistically, shapes that are to be built by humans, will inevitably approach the shape of a pyramid.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

Take a handful of sand. Turn your first perpendicular to the ground and let it fall slowly. What shape does it form? It's one of the most stable shapes you can make.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (5 children)

A cone?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A pyramid is just a cone with a square base.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A cone is just a pyramid whose base has infinite sides

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, a cone can have any flat shape as its base, wherefor a pyramid - which only has four sides - is also a cone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

By definition, a pyramid can have any polygon as a base, not just a square. A cone can ONLY have a circle as a base.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I say Pyramids ⊂ Cones. You say Cones ⊂ Pyramids. Therefore Cones = Pyramids.

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