Re: Pi = 3


Aaron J. Dinkin wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 22:33:07 GMT, Konrad Gaertner <kgaertner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The real problem is that Carl Sagan seriously thought God could
> > change the value of pi, and some people took him seriously.
>
> *Change*? Who said anything about "change"?

Sagan, in effect. First he says pi/4 = 1-1/3+1/5..., then later on says
this:

The universe was made on purpose, the circle said. ... [Take] the
circumference of a circle, divide by its diameter, measure closely
enough, and uncover a miracle-another circle... There would be richer
messages further in... In the fabric of space and in the nature of
matter, as in a great work of art, there is, written small, the
artist's signature. Standing over humans, gods, and demons...there is
an intelligence that antedates the universe... She found what she had
been searching for. (pp. 430-431.)

So first pi is fixed by the nature of the integers, and then it's in
the "fabric" (rayon?) of space and the nature of matter, and hence
alterable by the maker of space and matter. Sagan has two
changes--first, of defintion, and then, by God tweaking matter in order
to make pi come out some way.

Really, really, *really* stooopid. Incoherent and "not even wrong".

.

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