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Some things don't change (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by [M] to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As a kid I thought Pythagoras was silly for making a math cult. Now that I'm older I get it.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That's an interesting angle on it, can you say more? Sorry to be obtuse.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Well Pythagoras lived during the Greek era. Buildings like the Temple of Artemis were the greatest projections of power and grandeur the world had to offer at the time. Those great structures would've dwarfed anything seen out in the country. The only way those buildings could ever be erected is with the help of mathematics.

    Furthermore mathematical truths are about as true as anything can be in the world. A triangle's angles are always perfectly in harmony for instance. Way back when, when the world was much darker and more chaotic, those mathematical truths must've seemed like a great light in the darkness.

    Mathematics is applicable truth.

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