Re: Pi and the Bible
In article <slrnf4ancv.be5.wettering@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Mark VandeWettering <wettering@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
Admittedly the original objection was childish, but your
rationalization must qualify as doubly so. Why would you specify
the circumference using the outer diameter, but the diameter using
the inner? Does this make any sense at all? Can you think of *any*
instance where this would be a reasonable interpretation?
My favorite explanation is that the master bronze smith proudly
measured out the circumference with his own forearm when displaying
the basin to the king, but made his helper climb in when the king
asked about the diameter.
--
Bobby Bryant
Reno, Nevada
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