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Thursday, June 30, 2011
National Tau Day?!
Mathematicians want to dethrone pi. I hate this idea. First they took Pluto, and now they want pi? What's next? Some half-baked notion that humans and apes come from common ancestors? Suck it, Science!
Wait, what? So for area calculations instead of pi x r^2 it would be 1/2 x tau x r^2, no no no! I think a long line of mathematicians are going to be spinning in their graves!
I've got a kid starting Algebra I in August, so this is important. Don't confuse me, mathematicians! I have a tough six years of helping with homework ahead of me! High school was a loooong time ago...I'm a middle-aged mom!
All that work into the calculation and memorization of pi and they want to change it? Bastards!
ReplyDeleteWait, what? So for area calculations instead of pi x r^2 it would be 1/2 x tau x r^2, no no no! I think a long line of mathematicians are going to be spinning in their graves!
ReplyDeleteI've got a kid starting Algebra I in August, so this is important. Don't confuse me, mathematicians! I have a tough six years of helping with homework ahead of me! High school was a loooong time ago...I'm a middle-aged mom!
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