I've been waiting hours for some to ask...... actually, I assumed someone would have pointed this out long ago.
A degenerate square has sides of length = 0.
A degenerate circle has radius = 0.
As such they consist of a single point. In the degenerate sense, the point is both four sides of length = 0 AND equidistant from itself. It therefore technically satisfies the definition of BOTH a square AND a circle.
It's not a fancy trick; it's just a ramification of the definitions for square and circle. They don't exclude the dengenerate case.
We don't allow degeneracy on this board!
Cub Scout geometric figures?
But you pick and chose what you want and then add to it, much like those who try to prove evolution. It is appropriate that the word that was added is degenerated.
It seems this argument has gone full circle. (or is it square)
Methinks you are a weasel.