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Pythagorean Theorem Found On Clay Tablet 1,000 Years Older Than Pythagoras (www.iflscience.com)
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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (3 children)

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

Excuse me, what?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I take it you haven't read Plato?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months 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.