On Monday, December 17, 2018 at 3:45:41 AM UTC-6, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 15 Dec 2018, at 18:20, Philip Thrift <cloud...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > > On Saturday, December 15, 2018 at 10:44:41 AM UTC-6, Jason wrote: >> >> Kids in school are taught the digits of Pi go on forever. >> > > Also known as religious indoctrination. > > > What ? >
That's precisely the subject of Professor Zeilberger's lecture below. He says exactly that, right at the beginning. But certainly you have read his essays over the years: http://sites.math.rutgers.edu/~zeilberg/OPINIONS.html > > Incidentally I just answered this on QUORA: > > > https://www.quora.com/How-can-pi-be-a-never-ending-number-when-it-is-used-to-define-a-circle/answer/Bruno-Marchal?ch=1&share=4236c19d&srid=jtPK&fbclid=IwAR1-ut9q-nbv6rrYZhgsCVWdEjyNxyL2FDt9ehsKNCZjRNWFPsyRjgh4-18 > > Mathematics is where the “indoctrination” is minimal. All the means of > understanding are given. > > Are you saying that PI has a finite number of decimal, or that its > irrationality is taught to kids without proof? > > Bruno > > > Teaching kids math is "real" (Platonism) is a form of brainwashing! Mathematics is Indeed a Religion, But It has too Many Sects! > > here: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5j-fVqhRHA > > - pt -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
