Georgia School Board Bans 'Theory of Math'

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2002-10-15 05:25pm

Georgia School Board Bans 'Theory Of Math'
COGDELL, GA—The Cogdell School Board banned the teaching of the controversial "Theory Of Math" in its schools Monday. "We are simply not confident of this mysterious process by which numbers turn, as if by magic, into other numbers," board member Gus Reese said. "Those mathematicians are free to believe 3 times 4 equals 12, but that dun [sic] give them the right to force it on our children." Under the new ruling, all math textbooks will carry a disclaimer noting that math is only one of many valid theories of number-manipulation.

LOL, I still like the Onion despite the occasional Marxist tendency...

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2002-10-15 06:01pm

Don't forget how the Bible proclaims that pi is exactly 3. No more teaching our impressionable youngesters that athiestist 3.14... crap.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-10-15 06:51pm

have you got a source for that?

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2002-10-15 07:30pm

...they teach what is known as Creation Math.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-10-15 07:50pm

1 magicly springs into 2!

Notice what he reference Sam the Onion, you know the Joke Online Newspaper?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2002-10-15 07:56pm

salm wrote:have you got a source for that?

1 Kings 7:23

And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

A round sea which is ten cubits wide and thirty cubits circumference. In other words, according to the Bible, pi is 3.00

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-10-15 07:58pm

Darth Wong wrote:
salm wrote:have you got a source for that?
1 Kings 7:23
And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about.

er... sorry, i meant the Georgia School Board Bans 'Theory Of Math' thingy. not that i wouldnt believe it, after reading other stuff about georgia i´d believe about anything about it, but i want to send it to friend and wasnt able to find a site in google.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2002-10-15 08:04pm

salm wrote:er... sorry, i meant the Georgia School Board Bans 'Theory Of Math' thingy. not that i wouldnt believe it, after reading other stuff about georgia i´d believe about anything about it, but i want to send it to friend and wasnt able to find a site in google.

I'm sure it was just a joke, although it does highlight the idiocy of the democratic method of determining scientific validity.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2002-10-15 08:06pm

*cough* ok sure sure the bible says 30 cubits but thats called an ESTIMATE

"And he made a molten sea, ten point zero zero cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five point zero zero cubits: and a line of thirty one point four five cubits, rounded up to thirty one point five cubits to keep significant digits, did compass it round about. And he said with a great booming voice 'Thou shalt not forget uncertainty and imprecision. I may I am god and shall be anal if I please'"

salm · Post by **salm** » 2002-10-15 08:10pm

ARGH... i missed this small but important part. my fault!

LOL, I still like the Onion despite the occasional Marxist tendency...

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2002-10-15 08:11pm

kojikun wrote:*cough* ok sure sure the bibly says 30 cubits but thats called an ESTIMATE

I think you're missing the point, which is that there is no such thing as a grossly inaccurate estimate in something which is deemed perfect.

Of course, that's not a problem if you accept that the Bible is non-literal at best and useless bullshit at worst, but it is a big problem for fundie idiots.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2002-10-15 08:12pm

LOL true enough Mike. Fundies would take that literally, wouldn't they? Guess theres no accounting for imprecise measurements of pi..

Raptor 597 · Post by **Raptor 597** » 2002-10-15 08:38pm

Darth Wong wrote:
salm wrote:er... sorry, i meant the Georgia School Board Bans 'Theory Of Math' thingy. not that i wouldnt believe it, after reading other stuff about georgia i´d believe about anything about it, but i want to send it to friend and wasnt able to find a site in google.
I'm sure it was just a joke, although it does highlight the idiocy of the democratic method of determining scientific validity.

*Actually thought this thread was geniune until we opened it*

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2002-10-15 08:40pm

Interestingly enough, a student in my math class actually did claim that Pi was 3, and he used that verse for evidence. The math teacher shot him down.

It was not pretty to watch.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2002-10-15 08:51pm

Cyril wrote:Interestingly enough, a student in my math class actually did claim that Pi was 3, and he used that verse for evidence. The math teacher shot him down.

It was not pretty to watch.

I would have paid money to see that.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2002-10-15 09:07pm

Durran Korr wrote:Georgia School Board Bans 'Theory Of Math'
COGDELL, GA—The Cogdell School Board banned the teaching of the controversial "Theory Of Math" in its schools Monday. "We are simply not confident of this mysterious process by which numbers turn, as if by magic, into other numbers," board member Gus Reese said. "Those mathematicians are free to believe 3 times 4 equals 12, but that dun [sic] give them the right to force it on our children." Under the new ruling, all math textbooks will carry a disclaimer noting that math is only one of many valid theories of number-manipulation.

LOL, I still like the Onion despite the occasional Marxist tendency...

We'll you might be able to construct a coherent argument for this if you could build a case aginst the base ten system.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2002-10-15 09:14pm

Speaking of pi, what's the point of calcuating it to 5 billion digits? Just 3.14 will get you through college, or at least in America.

The only thing funnier than someone going against evidence is when they use the Bible as proof.

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2002-10-15 09:31pm

Darth Wong wrote:
Cyril wrote:Interestingly enough, a student in my math class actually did claim that Pi was 3, and he used that verse for evidence. The math teacher shot him down.

It was not pretty to watch.
I would have paid money to see that.

You're not the only one.

Newtonian Fury · Post by **Newtonian Fury** » 2002-10-15 10:21pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:Speaking of pi, what's the point of calcuating it to 5 billion digits? Just 3.14 will get you through college, or at least in America.

The only thing funnier than someone going against evidence is when they use the Bible as proof.

Calculating pi to ever more higher decimal places is a great way to test the capability of supercomputers. Since pi is a transcendental number, it can only be represented by infinite series. Calculating pi to the zillionth decimal place would require many calculations in order for the series to converge up to that point. Thus, it's a great way to demonstrate processing prowess.

Antie · Post by **Antie** » 2002-10-16 03:59am

Under the new ruling, all math textbooks will carry a disclaimer noting that math is only one of many valid theories of number-manipulation.

- "The mathematicianists say that in multiplication 3 times 4 becomes 12. But why are there still 3s and 4s?"

- "There are no transitional numbers. 3.5 is still a 3!"

- "You can't deny that there are micronumbers like 1 and 2. How about the macronumbers like 1,000,000?"

- "Can math explain the God-like complexity of the human eye?"

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2002-10-16 01:59pm

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant. :)

Singular Quartet · Post by **Singular Quartet** » 2002-10-16 03:32pm

Antie wrote:
Under the new ruling, all math textbooks will carry a disclaimer noting that math is only one of many valid theories of number-manipulation.
- "The mathematicianists say that in multiplication 3 times 4 becomes 12. But why are there still 3s and 4s?"

- "There are no transitional numbers. 3.5 is still a 3!"

- "You can't deny that there are micronumbers like 1 and 2. How about the macronumbers like 1,000,000?"

- "Can math explain the God-like complexity of the human eye?"

LOL

Nick · Post by **Nick** » 2002-10-20 07:25am

Newtonian Fury wrote:
Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:Speaking of pi, what's the point of calcuating it to 5 billion digits? Just 3.14 will get you through college, or at least in America.

The only thing funnier than someone going against evidence is when they use the Bible as proof.
Calculating pi to ever more higher decimal places is a great way to test the capability of supercomputers. Since pi is a transcendental number, it can only be represented by infinite series. Calculating pi to the zillionth decimal place would require many calculations in order for the series to converge up to that point. Thus, it's a great way to demonstrate processing prowess.

Not only that - it is also used as one of the ways to test new processors and architectures - i.e. we know pi out to n decimal places, so get your new computer to start calculating pi for a while. If it gets it right out to a certain number of decimal places, you say 'yup, it pased the test'.

As for why mathematicians do it in the first place - well, I'd call it curiousity. A number which is completely deterministic, but entirely unpredictable? That's just trippy. . .

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2002-10-20 12:54pm

How do they get the calculations for pi, anyway? It can't be represented with a fraction, and you can't know the exact circumfernce and diameter of a circle without knowing pi, unless you have really precise measuring equipment.

Post by **Mr Bean** » 2002-10-20 01:14pm

you can't know the exact circumfernce and diameter of a circle without knowing pi, unless you have really precise measuring equipment.

You can't know the exact circumfrence, Diameter of ANYTHING,

Hesignburg uncertianty princple, the act of measuring changes the thing thats measured

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Georgia School Board Bans 'Theory of Math'

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