On Monday, December 17, 2018 at 3:45:41 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 15 Dec 2018, at 18:20, Philip Thrift <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > > On Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 10:44:41 AM UTC-6, Jason wrote: >> >> Kids in school are taught the digits of Pi go on forever. >> > > Also known as religious indoctrination. > > > What ? >
That's precisely the subject of Professor Zeilberger's lecture below. He says exactly that, right at the beginning. But certainly you have read his essays over the years: http://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~zeilberg/OPINIONS.html > > Incidentally I just answered this on QUORA: > > > https://www.quora.com/How-can-pi-be-a-never-ending-number-when-it-is-used-to-define-a-circle/answer/Bruno-Marchal?ch=1&share=4236c19d&srid=jtPK&fbclid=IwAR1-ut9q-nbv6rrYZhgsCVWdEjyNxyL2FDt9ehsKNCZjRNWFPsyRjgh4-18 > > Mathematics is where the “indoctrination” is minimal. All the means of > understanding are given. > > Are you saying that PI has a finite number of decimal, or that its > irrationality is taught to kids without proof? > > Bruno > > > Teaching kids math is "real" (Platonism) is a form of brainwashing! Mathematics is Indeed a Religion, But It has too Many Sects! > > here: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5j-fVqhRHA > > - pt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
