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The Babylonians Were Using Pythagoras’ Theorem Over 1,000 Years Before He Was Born
Science Focus ^ | 04th August, 2021 | Sara Rigby

Posted on 08/07/2021 7:05:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 08/07/2021 7:05:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Almost looks like a Babylon Bee headline.


2 posted on 08/07/2021 7:25:33 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: nickcarraway

Just because something bares a name doesn’t mean that person”invented” it. The math was always there and when you first realize how elegant it is broken in to 3 4 5 it makes sense that it has been used in architecture since we first started stacking rocks. You can make an amazing amount of structure with some string, a rock, and a couple straight sticks.


3 posted on 08/07/2021 7:28:56 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: Menehune56

Yep, lol!


4 posted on 08/07/2021 7:28:56 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: nickcarraway

The ancient realtors wanted to get their commission and needed accurate land surveys for the parcel being sold off. Follow the money!


5 posted on 08/07/2021 7:29:42 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Criminal democrats kill babies. Do you think anything else is a problem for them?” ~ joma89)
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To: Organic Panic

It’s reverse cultural appropriation!


6 posted on 08/07/2021 7:30:11 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Organic Panic

Oh, and “bears” a name. :-)


7 posted on 08/07/2021 7:30:50 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: Organic Panic

We don’t give the ancients enough credit, I think.

In that old series, “In Search Of”, with Leonard Nimoy, everything was either a sacrificial altar or a star calendar.

The ancients were as creative as we flatter ourselves being. I think we may fail to understand some of the problems they faced.


8 posted on 08/07/2021 7:37:37 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: Larry Lucido
Egyptians would re-plot flooded cropland with a standard rope length and 3 stakes.


9 posted on 08/07/2021 7:41:10 PM PDT by CharlesOConnell (CharlesOConnell)
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To: nickcarraway

We must reject mathematics that gives correct answers since it was invented by white people. LOL


10 posted on 08/07/2021 7:55:57 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: nickcarraway

Curious, what people that are alive today descended from the Babylonians?


11 posted on 08/07/2021 7:58:41 PM PDT by MNDude
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To: Menehune56

Biko math


12 posted on 08/07/2021 8:06:44 PM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: nickcarraway

It just goes to show that if a woman feels like she’s being cheated, she will go to any length to prove it.


13 posted on 08/07/2021 8:07:51 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: nickcarraway

History of Mathematics was one of my favorite courses in undergrad. Highly recommend reading up on it you haven’t already. Of course, I assume it’s now a “woke” subject like everything else, so one probably has to go with older texts to get the truth.


14 posted on 08/07/2021 8:08:50 PM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: nickcarraway

ADAM had the mind of CHRIST.

It makes sense that the generations that followed ADAM were of high intellect, but their minds degenerated over time because of the fall.


15 posted on 08/07/2021 8:10:56 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: MNDude

Maybe some Iraqis?


16 posted on 08/07/2021 8:11:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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“Curious, what people that are alive today descended from the Babylonians?”

“Adultlonians.”


17 posted on 08/07/2021 8:14:43 PM PDT by Spaceman49
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To: nickcarraway

There is nothing new under the sun.


18 posted on 08/07/2021 8:17:08 PM PDT by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: nickcarraway

But maths is racist!


19 posted on 08/07/2021 8:27:39 PM PDT by 100%FEDUP (I'm seeing RED!)
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To: Spaceman49

lol!


20 posted on 08/07/2021 8:35:14 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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