Clarifications on things you thought you knew III 17 August 2008
Posted by Sina in You Thought You Knew.Tags: Archimedes, conspiracy, cover-up, math, nonsense, Pythagoras, theorem
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3) 1+1=3, the biggest cover-up in human history
Indeed, 1+1=3. This fact was widely known to the Greek scholar Archimedes.
Around 2000 BC, Pythagoras developed a new amazing theorem on the lengths of right angle triangles. However his proof required the fact that 1+1=2. He was not able to get around this little, but important, detail.
Drunk with ambition, Pythagoras spread rumours among other scholars that he had in fact been able to show that 1+1=2, though no such proof existed. Using his influence, he persecuted scholars who maintained that 1+1=3, and under his orders all records that contained the fact that 1+1=3 were destoryed, and lost forever.
As a result, to this day we still believe that 1+1=2.
My correction 16 August 2008
Posted by Sina in My Prediction.Tags: 2008, democratic, election, presidential
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I take this back.
And I don’t even have a new prediction.
Shopping in Yorkdale 6 August 2008
Posted by Sina in Daily.Tags: dollar, mall, mom, shopping, store, Yorkdale
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This happened last Christmas…
Mom: Is there a dollar store in here?
Sina: Where do you think you are?
… 2 August 2008
Posted by Sina in Daily.Tags: creativity, lost
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Since starting my job, I’ve slowly lost all my creativity.