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Pretty Cool: Pythagorean Theorum was known more than 1,200 years before Pythagoras lived

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just goes to show that maybe a lot of the stuff we attribute to the Greeks might be because they were the ones who collected the information and allowed it to be more evenly distributed around the educated world. 

Babylonian Tablet from 1770 BC describes the Theorem,,, our hero of the Triangle wasnt born until sometime around 570 BC

 

 

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7 minutes ago, Parliament said:

He plagiarized it? All of my hero's were frauds.

Let's not jump to any hasty conclusions. There's always two sides to every story. Well, in this case, I guess there's three.

10 minutes ago, HornOnTheBayou said:

Let's not jump to any hasty conclusions. There's always two sides to every story. Well, in this case, I guess there's three.

Good points. Its important to cover every angle and not go off on a tangent. 

23 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:

just goes to show that maybe a lot of the stuff we attribute to the Greeks might be because they were the ones who collected the information and allowed it to be more evenly distributed around the educated world. 

Babylonian Tablet from 1770 BC describes the Theorem,,, our hero of the Triangle wasnt born until sometime around 570 BC

 

 

meh,  this stuff happens.  The Greeks also invented the steam engine about 1700 years before Watt did.   Sometimes this stuff happens.  

The Greeks are pretty open about the fact that they garnered a lot of knowledge from the Persians (old empire).  Including using workers from all over the middle east to help build their wonders.   They had the cash and outsourced a lot of the expertise.  There are blocks found in athens that standardize measurements used by foreign workers building the Parthenon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_units_of_measurement

If y'all wreck my notions of my hero Isosceles, I'm gonna start a gotdamn riot.

24 minutes ago, texashorne said:

Good points. Its important to cover every angle and not go off on a tangent. 

Only the angle of the dangle is really important.

4 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

If y'all wreck my notions of my hero Isosceles, I'm gonna start a gotdamn riot.

Don't worry, he is still far more respected than his peer, Equilatimus, who never got it right.

4 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

Only the angle of the dangle is really important.

Inversely proportional to the heat of the meat. 

16 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

If y'all wreck my notions of my hero Isosceles, I'm gonna start a gotdamn riot.

All things being equal, you're being a bit dramatic.

Good points. Its important to cover every angle and not go off on a tangent. 

It’s not a very good sine. Hopefully more info is revealed so this can be squared up.

What did opposite leg and adjacent leg say to the hypotenuse after the hypotenuse said it was cold?

Spoiler

Go to the corner where it is 90 degrees.

 

15 minutes ago, BeardIP said:

The old "build vs buy" eh.

You have to get at least 3 quotes, ideally in 2 or more languages with different alphabets

49 minutes ago, Samson's Wig said:

All things being equal, you're being a bit dramatic.

Here’s your sine 

1 hour ago, Armybrat said:

Only the angle of the dangle is really important.

I thought it was the motion of the ocean?  

23 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

My grandpa invented the Cobb salad

Ben Franklin invented the George Foreman grill.

6 minutes ago, deadshank said:

Ben Franklin invented the George Foreman grill.

The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true

2 hours ago, AUS-97HORN said:

just goes to show that maybe a lot of the stuff we attribute to the Greeks might be because they were the ones who collected the information and allowed it to be more evenly distributed around the educated world. 

Babylonian Tablet from 1770 BC describes the Theorem,,, our hero of the Triangle wasnt born until sometime around 570 BC

 

 

Pretty acute analysis. I guess it's pretty obtuse of us to think that someone couldn't get this right sooner.

 

4 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true

You use your tongue purtier than a $20 whore

I’m more impressed that the Babylonians named the theorem for a guy that wasn’t born until 1200 years later. 

9 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I’m more impressed that the Babylonians named the theorem for a guy that wasn’t born until 1200 years later. 

That's clear evidence of a time machine. Anyone denying it is just being Obtuse.

1 hour ago, closetohumping said:

My grandpa invented the Cobb salad

The famous baseball player?

Cool.

13 minutes ago, 0xdeadbeef said:

That's clear evidence of a time machine. Anyone denying it is just being Obtuse.

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3 hours ago, Parliament said:

He plagiarized it? All of my hero's were frauds.

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my favorite Greek hero was Testacles.  He had alot of moxie.

2 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I’m more impressed that the Babylonians named the theorem for a guy that wasn’t born until 1200 years later. 

I don't think Pythagoras cosined on that.

1 hour ago, freyguy said:

my favorite Greek hero was Testacles.  He had alot of moxie.

This reminds me of my favorite Greek baseball player, Harry Paratestes.

6 hours ago, Parliament said:

He plagiarized it? All of my hero's were frauds.

Don't give a fuck what the historians say, I'm still going to believe that Alexander the Great gave this speech as quoted in this YouTube video.

 

8 hours ago, locodos said:

The Greeks are pretty open about the fact that they garnered a lot of knowledge from the Persians (old empire).  Including using workers from all over the middle east to help build their wonders.   They had the cash and outsourced a lot of the expertise.  There are blocks found in athens that standardize measurements used by foreign workers building the Parthenon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek_units_of_measurement

"Ok, if you insist, but only one κόνδυλος." 

Smaller units of length
Unit Greek name Equal to Modern equivalent Description
daktylos δάκτυλος   19.3 mm (0.76 in) finger
kondylos κόνδυλος 2 daktyloi 38.5 mm (1.52 in) knuckle
8 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

If y'all wreck my notions of my hero Isosceles, I'm gonna start a gotdamn riot.

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9 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

If y'all wreck my notions of my hero Isosceles, I'm gonna start a gotdamn riot.

More like I-suck-eles if you ask me. Am I right?

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The Pythagorean Theorem is much, much more interesting than schools make it out to be.

10 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

If y'all wreck my notions of my hero Isosceles, I'm gonna start a gotdamn riot.

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Pythagoras? More like Pre-thagoras!!!

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20 hours ago, Armybrat said:

Only the angle of the dangle is really important.

This reminds me that I watched about the first 10 minutes of Naked Attraction before I had to tap out. 

Any joker can say that shit is the square root of the sum of the squares.  But is there a proof on that scroll?  I don't think so.  Team Pythagoras.  

On 10/4/2023 at 10:05 AM, wild_turkey said:


It’s not a very good sine. Hopefully more info is revealed so this can be squared up.

cosined.

Shit. I’m going off on a tangent.

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On 10/4/2023 at 10:19 AM, texashorne said:

Good points. Its important to cover every angle and not go off on a tangent. 

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Triangles are nice. 

Well this just turned my views about the history of triangle theorems 180 degrees. Wait I'm back in the same place! 

Edited by Longhornstampede

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