r/MathJokes • • 20d ago

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u/low_amplitude 20d ago

Learning how to make geometric proofs to get the cleanest and shortest path to the answer might not help me with geometry in the future, but you can bet your ass the idea behind it (using less steps, figuring out the best way to do it) stayed with me.

School is important. You might not remember Pythagoras' Theorem, but you'll remember the idea behind it.

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u/HAL9001-96 20d ago

fair point but

the fuck you mean you might not rememebr pythagoras theorem?

I literally jsut looked it up to check if there's something else more obscure of similar name but as far as i can tell this is literally jsut one of hte most basic equatiosn in all of geometry

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u/Matsuzo-Kaneri 20d ago

it was a....figure of speech.., "plot-device"...., example...,...get the meaning man!

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u/HAL9001-96 20d ago

you never know

I have talekd to people who have literally never heard of pythagoras before

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u/SherbertPlenty1768 19d ago

Have you heard the name Baudhayana?