William T Goodall wrote:
>
> on 31/1/03 11:40 am, Alberto Monteiro at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >
> >>
> >> A biology professor who refuses to write letters
> >> of recommendation for his students if they don't
> >> believe in evolution is being accused of religious
> >> discrimination,
> >>
> > I imagine if there were a movement of mathematicians
> > claiming that PI = 3, and if refusing to write
> > letter of recommendation for those that believe that
> > PI = 3 would be considered a religious discrimination...
>
> Pi *is* 3 according to the bible though isn't it ? :)
I've heard stories of various state legislatures passing legislation to make
it equal to 3. The Indiana one was supposedly to make math homework easier
for the governor's son, as I recall.
The only thing I could find listed as "false" on snopes.com regarding
legislation to make pi = 3 was a story circulating on the 'net that Alabama
was going to change the value of pi to bring it in line with the Bible.
(The verse cited was I Kings 7:23. I'm not going to verify that that's
where it is right now, though.)
Julia
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