Pi = 3

Pre-College Topics High School Life
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<p>Does anyone here recall Alabama bill HR 205? This happened a while ago (circa March 2011), but I just now found about this and I thought it was absolutely ridiculous…</p>

<p>"“That long-held empirical value of pi, I am not saying it should be necessarily viewed as wrong, but 3 is a lot better,” said Roby, the 34-year old legislator representing Alabama’s second congressional district, ushered into office in the historic 2010 Republican mid-term bonanza.</p>

<p>Pi has long been defined as the ratio of a circle’s area to the square of its radius, a mathematical constant represented by the Greek letter “[insert pi symbol here],” with a value of approximately 3.14159. HR 205 does not change the root definition, per se. The bill simply, and legally, declares pi to be exactly 3."</p>

<p><em>sigh</em> Of course, pi is still equal to 3.15169265, etc., but the fact that legislators even considered this is beyond me.</p>

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<p>I cry for humanity… why not just stick to the good ol’ 22/7 ? Unless fractions have become sacrilege too now. No one I know likes them!</p>

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<p>Having a nice even 350 days a year would be nice too.</p>

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<p>That bill is a hoax. It was a liberal satire. No politician in his right mind would condone the changing of the definition of one of the most important mathematical terms known to man.</p>

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<p>ecouter, 22/7 is not pi. It’s close, but not pi.</p>

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<p>Lol, I know, but that seems like a better simplification than 3, yes?</p>

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<p>Hmm, that bill would really **** with my CC screen name, wouldn’t it?</p>

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<p>^ it’s off by 8 orders of magnitude anyway</p>

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<p>That would’ve made middle school math sooooooo much easier.</p>

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<p>Wait, What?</p>

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<p>In 8th grade I memorized like 200 digits of pi and won a 30 dollar gift card to Best Buy.</p>

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<p>Haha woops. Keyboard fail. I meant 3.14159265, etc.</p>

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<p>3.14159265 wasn’t available when I signed up for CC. :P</p>

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<p>neither was 2.71828 :P</p>

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<p>in high school this guy memorized a ton of digits and got a free pie.
it may have only been a slice of pie though, in which case it’s much less impressive.</p>

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<p>I have like…8 digits memorized. Impressive, no?</p>