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Re:The Babylonians used Pythagorean ideas long before Pythag... by joemaller1 on Sunday August 08, 2021 @03:26PM (#28109369)
An uncomfortably large percentage of our population doesn’t understand the theorem, no matter what it’s called. But sure, let’s quibble about the name.
Re:The Babylonians used Pythagorean ideas long before Pythag... by gremloni on Sunday August 08, 2021 @04:14PM (#28109727)
It’s important because otherwise you keep getting the “white people made everything” argument.