To: nickcarraway
2 posted on
04/21/2023 2:37:13 PM PDT by
jjotto
( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
To: nickcarraway
Philosophy is the study of questions to which there are no answers. Mathematics is the study of answers to which there are no questions.
3 posted on
04/21/2023 2:37:26 PM PDT by
Vigilanteman
(The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
To: nickcarraway
4 posted on
04/21/2023 2:39:25 PM PDT by
Bullish
(Either we don't see it coming or they don't... But somebody's got it coming.)
To: nickcarraway
Color me skeptical. I “could be” convinced, but ...
5 posted on
04/21/2023 2:41:09 PM PDT by
Robert A Cook PE
(Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
To: nickcarraway
Great story. Two students from an all girls school.
6 posted on
04/21/2023 2:47:18 PM PDT by
Varda
To: nickcarraway
My best friend created this wall. “Homage to Pythagoras" by John Dunn
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7 posted on
04/21/2023 2:54:29 PM PDT by
ansel12
(NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.)
To: nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
Reading this just makes me want to pull this guys underwear over his head.
10 posted on
04/21/2023 3:11:15 PM PDT by
TangoLimaSierra
(⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
To: nickcarraway
The thing I loved is that there’s no mention of ethnicity. It’s just two smart girls proving something that was once thought impossible. About damn time.
12 posted on
04/21/2023 3:28:19 PM PDT by
jagusafr
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To: nickcarraway
From Wikipedia
“The theorem is named for the Greek philosopher Pythagoras, born around 570 BC. The theorem has been proven numerous times by many different methods - possibly the most for any mathematical theorem. The proofs are diverse, including both geometric proofs and algebraic proofs, with some dating back thousands of years.”
And these high school kids are the first ones to do this using Trigonometry in all the proceeding 2,593 years?
Color me skeptical.
And it has not been submitted for peer review yet?
Could be we’re celebrating a bit early.
Then again, in todays hyper charged politically correct academia community, will anyone dare tell them they’re wrong?
13 posted on
04/21/2023 3:35:14 PM PDT by
Jotmo
(Whoever said, "The pen is mightier than the sword." has clearly never been stabbed to death.)
To: nickcarraway
Pseudoscientific American is one of those crap publications that discredited itself during the pseudo-pandemic.
To: nickcarraway
I’ll wait until their proof is peer reviewed. I run into kids using circular logic in their arguments on an almost daily basis and that might be only how these girls “proved” this. If they didn’t, then good for them.
To: nickcarraway
If this holds up they will be listed alongside President Garfield as original authors of proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem.
You Go Girls!!
To: nickcarraway
“Calcea Johnson and Ne’Kiya Jackson, both at St. Mary’s Academy in New Orleans.”
I bet if you went to the public schools, no one would have a clue as to what was attempted, probably not even the math teachers.
22 posted on
04/21/2023 4:30:42 PM PDT by
ChessExpert
(Required for informed consent: "We have a new, experimental vaccine.")
To: nickcarraway
I had always thought that trigonometry was based on the Pythagorean Theorem. Who knew?
Good for these kids.
26 posted on
04/21/2023 5:20:10 PM PDT by
Apparatchik
(If you find yourself in a confusing situation, simply laugh knowingly and walk away - Jim IgnatowskD)
To: nickcarraway
I am not racist.
Math is racist.
Further, I highly doubt the “proof” which they claim was actually achieved by the rigorous rules on math.
But it doesn’t matter because the exercise is irrelevant to anything practical or necessary.
To: nickcarraway
“IF VERIFIED”
In other words the story matches the desperate narrative like the 14 year old “boy genius” who proved you can get unlimited free energy.
Next up... I can trisect an angle using geometric construction, produce monopole magnets, and finally bring my AC battery to market... I just need a few billion tax dollars...
31 posted on
04/21/2023 6:43:22 PM PDT by
Organic Panic
(Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
To: nickcarraway
33 posted on
04/21/2023 6:53:40 PM PDT by
Nifster
( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
To: SunkenCiv
46 posted on
04/22/2023 1:44:44 PM PDT by
GOPJ
(How would YOU feel if your best friend, father or boss saw you drinking a Bud Light?)
To: nickcarraway; SunkenCiv
P2+I2+N2=G2!........................
54 posted on
04/24/2023 5:22:08 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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