some State tried to legislate that pi equals 3. Because Bible. I doubt that it's because of the story I reference, because this discussion is in the Mishnah, which non-Jews don't normally pay attention to. [googles] Ah, here we are. Apparently in first kings, they describe something with a circular mouth, giving both its diameter (10) and circumference (30), so therefore Pi is 3. My response is: of all the things you have to pick to legislate from the bible, you pick that? (For the record, no, I don't believe Pi is 3, or that G-d thinks that Pi is 3.)
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Date: 2018-11-05 12:01 pm (UTC)I doubt that it's because of the story I reference, because this discussion is in the Mishnah, which non-Jews don't normally pay attention to. [googles] Ah, here we are. Apparently in first kings, they describe something with a circular mouth, giving both its diameter (10) and circumference (30), so therefore Pi is 3. My response is: of all the things you have to pick to legislate from the bible, you pick that? (For the record, no, I don't believe Pi is 3, or that G-d thinks that Pi is 3.)