Since you asked it was my cat, Mr. Whiskers. But due to anti-feline bias at the university, he never received the credit he deserved.
Posted on 05/05/2024 4:14:35 PM PDT by NetAddicted
Wow! Two high school seniors solved a mathematical puzzle that has stumped mankind for 2,000 years. "60 Minutes" did a nice feature on the pair, and earned themselves a Community Note in the process.
Two high school seniors solved a mathematical puzzle that was thought to be impossible for 2,000 years. @BillWhitakerCBS reports, Sunday. https://t.co/mEN4CWeXMW pic.twitter.com/iPhsZiERsc
— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) May 2, 2024
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This puzzle was solved 15 years ago…
I studied physics and this isn't a discovery, it was published in a paper over 15 years ago, they've just expressed the same method differently by using a more inefficient method.
— Lord Miles (@real_lord_miles) May 4, 2024
Not only was this solved 15 years ago, their method is wildly inefficient.
— Vince (@VincenzoPala) May 4, 2024
This was solved 15 years ago by some white guy, but that wouldn’t be “60 Minutes worthy” now wouldn’t it? pic.twitter.com/VixjrNs1lp
— iamyesyouareno (@iamyesyouareno) May 4, 2024
You're kidding, right?! Or deliberately lying?https://t.co/2xTdt8RAD5
— Sanёk (@RU_SpaceMarine) May 4, 2024
Congratulations, you just accomplished something that was already accomplished.
Remember when 60 Minutes used to be about journalism and not DEI...
— Cowboy Philosopher (@CowboyPhilosph1) May 4, 2024
Good for them but would it still be a story if it wasn’t black women? We may never know.
— Agent Orange (@OU812000) May 4, 2024
Cringe pandering, and misleading. Everyone should know by now not to trust anything 60 Minutes sells.
— Augustina 🇻🇦 (@AugustinaJJD) May 3, 2024
The replies to this post are mostly stupid and racist, but I blame YOU, @60Minutes.
Your sensationalist headline completely misrepresented the point of the accomplishment, leading to replies based on your presentation instead of on the reality of what they did.
— K. Wade 🇺🇸🫱🏽🫲🏼🇮🇱 (@Kwade79) May 4, 2024
But why would "60 Minutes" misrepresent a story in the headline?
Wouldn’t this news be everywhere if the headline were literally true?
— 🍗🎄 Unfollowing Everyone Acosta🎄🍗 (@JayPark71553294) May 4, 2024
This is misleading because the Pythagorean Theorem has already been proven a few hundred times already over the past 2,000 years.
There is actually a published book that shows 370+ ways to prove it.
— Pretty Damned Hot 🔥 (@PrettyDamnedHot) May 3, 2024
A few months ago I posted about this and people tried to deny someone else did it before them and called me racist for pointing it out, lol.
— Blunty (@arkivx) May 4, 2024
I’m no mathematician but I thought they just rephrased an already discovered solution?
— joe (@pointguardjoe) May 4, 2024
It's still a very impressive achievement. I don't see an issue with celebrating it especially if these achievements are rarer in the black community
— Henny (@GhendogSupreme) May 4, 2024
We're all for more black women going into STEM. Maybe these two will be an inspiration. The post did lead to a lot of "Black girl magic" posts and arguments against DEI, but the "60 Minutes" headline is completely misleading. Interview the guy who solved it 15 years ago.
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Since you asked it was my cat, Mr. Whiskers. But due to anti-feline bias at the university, he never received the credit he deserved.
If they legitimately solved this puzzle on their own, I still view this as a pretty good feat.
I agree.
It sounds like an independent proof
I don’t waste my 60 minutes on that farcical news show.
They proved the Pythagorean Theorem using trigonometric methods.
Now it’s “cheating” to simply let a = c*cos(x) and
b = c*sin(x) and proving that a^2 + b^2 = c^2.
I’m a bit unclear at what point a trigonometric method isn’t cheating.
I think I recall seeing their proof and yes I was impressed but I’m not a theoretician.
It may not be pure, but they are kids. I would only hold criticism for those who have been mathematicians for years.
Kind of like the poor Appalachian kid who “invented” the light bulb a few decades ago. Still a notable thing, just a little late to the game.
The first part of a scientific research project is to determine the state of the art (prior work) done on the question you are curious about.
I didn’t see the sixty minutes show...but if the story is true... it’s certainly better than the students rappin’ about their WAP....but all in all it’s insulting to the students...crediting them with something already done..condescending... isn’t math raciss anyway?
What was interesting to me was that their all black Catholic,girls high school stressed, discipline, hard work, and achievement which is so different from many public high schools today where many black students are disruptive and violent.
It reportedly has had a hundred percent high school graduation rate and a 100 percent college acceptance rate for the last 17 years!
Those academic values work wonders compared to the “liberal” woke racism that grovels before the race card and lets black teens run wild in many public schools destroying the educational learning process.
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Didn’t Al Gore solve this years ago and it led to the invention of the internet?
Good post.
I mean, it’s great that girls are taking an interest in math and all, but there’s no good purpose served by inflating their accomplishment.
Sorry. What was the question?
Well if we had the time we could watch Lesley Stahl give us lessons in hypocrisy.
I vaguely remember proofs, but I remember enough to know if one doesn’t bother to check current research, one FAILS!
Took me over a week on this bastard: 
and having to copy a teacher's Algebraic blackboard writing because I couldn't fathom his Nigerian accent pre-smartphone. Dude also couldn't be approached for his disdain for soap but 'thas racist' these days.
Usually overcome by attitude: it's ALL puzzles, not problems.
I have not watched 60 Minutes in 30 years!
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