▲ 1266 ▼ Some things don't change (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world [M] to c/memes@lemmy.world 219 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (1 child) The number of hypotheses we've proven, mostly. Also, we have this whole field of non-Euclidean geometry. And the modern Pythagoreans are a lot more chill about people knowing the irrationality of Pi. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah but I mean revision not additive change. From what I remember nothing in elements is wrong. I don't think anyone proved that last postulate permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Nothing is wrong, it's just more incomplete than a modern book. But if you're at the 101 level, sure. It works fine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] redsand@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) Yeah but I mean revision not additive change. From what I remember nothing in elements is wrong. I don't think anyone proved that last postulate permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Nothing is wrong, it's just more incomplete than a modern book. But if you're at the 101 level, sure. It works fine. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago Nothing is wrong, it's just more incomplete than a modern book. But if you're at the 101 level, sure. It works fine. permalink fedilink source parent
