https://voat.co/v/Mathemagician/2251730
See that thread and the link that it goes to! I knew I'd find it. ;-)
[–] mineMineMINE [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Ah, I thought you were talking about the square around a circle taking out infinite number of edges. That joke was out there somewhere, but it was funny as can be. I've heard of using tau, but will have to check out the tau manifesto.
https://tauday.com/tau-manifesto
;-)
Now you don't have an excuse to never look at it - you have the link ready for you.
Err... If you haven't noticed, I constantly strive to encourage people to learn and converse. It brings me great pleasure and I'm admittedly selfish in this area. I love to see people learning. It's not better than sex, but it's pretty high on my list of favorite things to do. So, when you get a few minutes, you may wish to read that. I promise, it's not too hard. You can absolutely handle it.
[–] TheBuddha ago
The truth of the matter is that 0.999... = 1 AND I can prove it. It's also bullshit - but it has to be true, else the whole thing collapses.
Here's a quick essay that I wrote a week back:
http://thebuddha.ml/2017/11/28/0-333-%e2%89%a0-1-3/
If it didn't work, then we'd have some serious math problems. However, anyone that tells you 0.999... = 1, tell them they're a liar and that you have the word of Dr. TheBuddha to go on - and that he gives you permission to call them a liar.
I use these things to demonstrate that math is not some higher magic or wizardry, that it's just an expressive language that's best used for expressing the philosophy of logicism. I am considered a heretic amongst other mathematicians - and many of them actually like it but a few of them will get REALLY upset when you tell them that you don't have to obey the rules.
It's a language. It tells lies, truths, stories, and more. It's even devious in how it tells some lies. There's nothing special about it. It's not the language of the universe. It's not a universal language (so far as we know). It's not even universal among all humans. Very few people speak the language of math. Most never get beyond learning arithmetic by rote - and don't even like that.