▲ 116 ▼ Here comes mommy (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 months ago by Prunebutt@slrpnk.net to c/mathmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/52635430
[–] ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 child) Context? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Redjard@reddthat.com 31 points 2 months ago (2 children) Pythagoreans were a math sect, and irrational numbers went against their holy doctrine when a member of the sect proved them to exist. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] pomfegranate@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (1 child) Also, he wouldn't let you eat beans permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deft@lemmy.wtf 7 points 2 months ago That sicks fuck permalink fedilink source parent [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 2 months ago Although Pythogoras is probably just semi-historical. Pythogoras himself would probably have been quite excited about the revelation, but among other things his cult attributed basically all existing math to him while also doing a really, really bad job of preserving any of his actual writings. Anyways, "his" theorum was being used in Babylon and Egypt centuries before his birth. He just popularized it in Greece. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Redjard@reddthat.com 31 points 2 months ago (2 children) Pythagoreans were a math sect, and irrational numbers went against their holy doctrine when a member of the sect proved them to exist. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] pomfegranate@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (1 child) Also, he wouldn't let you eat beans permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deft@lemmy.wtf 7 points 2 months ago That sicks fuck permalink fedilink source parent [–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 2 months ago Although Pythogoras is probably just semi-historical. Pythogoras himself would probably have been quite excited about the revelation, but among other things his cult attributed basically all existing math to him while also doing a really, really bad job of preserving any of his actual writings. Anyways, "his" theorum was being used in Babylon and Egypt centuries before his birth. He just popularized it in Greece. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pomfegranate@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (1 child) Also, he wouldn't let you eat beans permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] deft@lemmy.wtf 7 points 2 months ago That sicks fuck permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 points 2 months ago Although Pythogoras is probably just semi-historical. Pythogoras himself would probably have been quite excited about the revelation, but among other things his cult attributed basically all existing math to him while also doing a really, really bad job of preserving any of his actual writings. Anyways, "his" theorum was being used in Babylon and Egypt centuries before his birth. He just popularized it in Greece. permalink fedilink source parent
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