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Clarifications on things you thought you knew III 17 August 2008

Posted by Sina in You Thought You Knew.
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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.
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I take this back.

And I don’t even have a new prediction.

Shopping in Yorkdale 6 August 2008

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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

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Since starting my job, I’ve slowly lost all my creativity.