do we need Maths (1 Viewer)

[Dago]

I have a question

You know how pi has been figured to over a million places?

How do they know all those digits are correctly determining the ratio between a circle and its diameter when no circle can ever be made or measured to such accuracy using all matter in the known universe?

What trickery is pi based upon?

 

[mikaloyd]

My Logic prof in college said4th grade
Granted that was many epochs ago
But that seems about right
(Nordic countries start right away, like 4 years old)

Nordic countries may well be right in this instance, but they also eat lutefisk, so I can confirm that they are not always on the side of right

 

[Saint_Ward]

I have a question

You know how pi has been figured to over a million places?

How do they know all those digits are correctly determining the ratio between a circle and its diameter when no circle can ever be made or measured to such accuracy using all matter in the known universe?

What trickery is pi based upon?

Read the modern quest for more digits section.

Pi - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Basically iterative algorithms. And then they went from there.

 

[mikaloyd]

Read the modern quest for more digits section.

Pi - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

Basically iterative algorithms. And then they went from there.

I need small words and easy concepts here

 

[Saint_Ward]

I need small words and easy concepts here

Equations, and supercomputers.

 

[mikaloyd]

Equations, and supercomputers.

Ahhh, its digital!

 

[LonghornSaint]

Ahhh, its digital!

yeah, but people had to program it and vet it first.

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

My calculations tell me no, we don't need the maths.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I don't think tone deaf people should be making music teaching decisions.

not sure that analogy holds
should harpsichordists run Arts departments?

 

[mikaloyd]

I now know that this company is a lie

 

[mikaloyd]

not sure that analogy holds
should harpsichordists run Arts departments?

I do not think that this alone disqualifies them anymore than it would drummers

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

I do not think that this alone disqualifies them anymore than it would drummers

true. drummers are disqualified for completely different reasons

 

[49erKiller]

I don't think tone deaf people should be making music teaching decisions.

This is how the world ended up with Biz Markie.

 

[zeetes]

teh mathz are critical for life, for example:

if an ounce is roughly 28 grams, bob wants a 1/4 of the ounce, brandy wants a dime out of it, joe asks for a 1/2 ounce, jim wants a nickel, then how much is left?

for learning, we will call a dime 1 gram, and a nickel 0.5 of a gram.

28 - 7 = 21
21 - 1 = 20
20 - 14 = 6
6 - 0.5 = 0
(jim only bought a nickel because you already got high off your own supply)

also:
28 - 3 = falcons blew a 25 point lead

 

[Scorpius the Allfather]

teh mathz are critical for life, for example:

if an ounce is roughly 28 grams, bob wants a 1/4 of the ounce, brandy wants a dime out of it, joe asks for a 1/2 ounce, jim wants a nickel, then how much is left?

for learning, we will call a dime 1 gram, and a nickel 0.5 of a gram.

28 - 7 = 21
21 - 1 = 20
20 - 14 = 6
6 - 0.5 = 0
(jim only bought a nickel because you already got high off your own supply)

also:
28 - 3 = falcons blew a 25 point lead

How do you get 6-.5 to equal 0? Did you smoke the other 5.5?