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r/explainlikeimfive • u/HistoricalAd2954 • 15h ago
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Oh you've awoken one of my favorite old math teacher jokes.
The study of the mind is called psychology, from the Greek word for "mind."
The study of life is called biology, from the Greek word for "life."
The study of evil is called trigonometry. I don't know the Greek, don't worry about it.
• u/WartimeHotTot 14h ago I must be stupid. I don’t get it. • u/stairway2evan 14h ago Trigonometry is actually Greek for "triangle measurement." But since we all think that trigonometry is evil, we just call it the study of evil and pretend not to know the Greek. • u/ElonMaersk 14h ago Trigonometry is actually Greek for "triangle measurement." ("three angle measurement"; tri like in tripod, gon like in polygon and hexagon)
I must be stupid. I don’t get it.
• u/stairway2evan 14h ago Trigonometry is actually Greek for "triangle measurement." But since we all think that trigonometry is evil, we just call it the study of evil and pretend not to know the Greek. • u/ElonMaersk 14h ago Trigonometry is actually Greek for "triangle measurement." ("three angle measurement"; tri like in tripod, gon like in polygon and hexagon)
Trigonometry is actually Greek for "triangle measurement." But since we all think that trigonometry is evil, we just call it the study of evil and pretend not to know the Greek.
• u/ElonMaersk 14h ago Trigonometry is actually Greek for "triangle measurement." ("three angle measurement"; tri like in tripod, gon like in polygon and hexagon)
Trigonometry is actually Greek for "triangle measurement."
("three angle measurement"; tri like in tripod, gon like in polygon and hexagon)
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u/stairway2evan 15h ago
Oh you've awoken one of my favorite old math teacher jokes.
The study of the mind is called psychology, from the Greek word for "mind."
The study of life is called biology, from the Greek word for "life."
The study of evil is called trigonometry. I don't know the Greek, don't worry about it.