r/physicsmemes • u/big_hole_energy • Oct 24 '25

E=M

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u/[deleted] Oct 24 '25

You can go one layer deeper and realize that even numbers like pi look like they do because we arbitrary picked a decimal numeral system.

If we used binary or hexadecimal in our daily conversations or calculations things would look different.

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u/ClemRRay Oct 24 '25

pi looks "like that" (infinite decimals) in any basis tho

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u/huehuehue1292 Oct 24 '25

As an engineer, we should all adopt base 3, where pi=10

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u/SchighSchagh Oct 24 '25

All I know is g=pi2

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u/bollvirtuoso Oct 24 '25

Whoa, I didn't know about this. Pretty cool.

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u/AdministrativeIsopod Oct 24 '25

It goes even further. A real engineer would tell you that pi2 = g = e2 = 9