Chick0nPlayz@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhat's yall's favourite Pythagoras quotes?imagemessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up1483arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1479arrow-down1imageWhat's yall's favourite Pythagoras quotes?Chick0nPlayz@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square23linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoapparently people think Pythagoras discovered the theorum about lengths of a right triangle. Babylonians and other regions used this 1,000 years before Pythagoras.
minus-squareporous_grey_matter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoWhy is it called the Pythagorean theorem and not the Babylonian theorem then, huh, smart guy? Checkmate athiests.
minus-squareUriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIt wasn’t even Pythagoras, but his students, who named the proof after him.
apparently people think Pythagoras discovered the theorum about lengths of a right triangle.
Babylonians and other regions used this 1,000 years before Pythagoras.
Why is it called the Pythagorean theorem and not the Babylonian theorem then, huh, smart guy? Checkmate athiests.
It wasn’t even Pythagoras, but his students, who named the proof after him.