On 03/17/2013 10:24 AM, Levi Pearson wrote: > On Mar 17, 2013, at 9:19 AM, Nicholas Leippe<[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 1:27 AM, Levi Pearson<[email protected]> wrote: >>> Seriously, pi is 4? Do you understand that if this guy was actually right, >>> we wouldn't be able to build a proper bicycle, much less a computer or a >>> nuclear reactor. >> He only derives pi as 4 for kinematic scenarios, not static. > No, he doesn't. That essay is just a pile of misguided and faulty reasoning > couched in surprisingly well-written prose. Pi is never 4, even in kinematic > But not everything that looks on the surface like a valid mathematical > derivation actually is. > > Wait, I thought pi was redefined to 3.2 by the Indiana house of representatives...
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