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i like pretending i am smart. /lovejoy by day; yoink anytime. we /honk. also /joining-merkle

and pointing that out to the teacher will get you an instant detention

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lol, once I read something about a guy in the 1800s who tried to get his state legislature to redefine pi as 3.2. Because it would let him “prove” that he could square a circle

ha, nice try

separately there is the Tau movement started by Bob Palais:

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ha, nice try

separately there is the Tau movement started by Bob Palais: https://tauday.com/tau-manifesto

Hahaha omg, wow. Although I don’t agree with him, he does make some good arguments 😂

What do you think?

no strong opinions on τism. I do like the single unit of measure for one turn of a circle: 2π aka tau τ. dividing a circle into angles from one unit is nice as well

Yeah. I think the biggest weakness of his argument, is his claim that it would be conceptually easier to learn. I disagree with that. Because it would come at the cost of making other things less intuitive. It’s just passing the buck.

For example, periods of 2π for sine and cosine aren’t too difficult conceptually. Changing them to τ isn’t worth it, imo, because then we’ve got τ/2 for tangent 🤷🏻‍♀️