/sci/ - Science & Math

So what is a "circle"? Well, to begin with, you should say precisely what the word means.
Euclid decreed that a "circle" is a plane figure bounded by one line such that any line passing through the center point is equal.
Surely that is unsatisfactory, as Euclid himself no doubt suspected. It's like declaring that an "ultra unicorn" is a unicorn that is above all others, or a "straight OP" is an OP that is less gay than all other OPs. These are semantic constructs that have no mathematical meaning.
Surely no scientist would ever suppose that a """"""circle""""" exists. If you asked Neil DeGrasse Tyson if there existed any one-dimensional planar figure of points equally spaced from a center point, he would probably say: No. Even if there was a such an object, it's unreasonable to suppose you could draw it.

>>8167594

So I was right

um, has anyone here ever had the very logical idea that aliums might just have moved to a higher plane of existence?

If you get to a point where you have robots doing all the work for you then what else is there to do than create a paradise where no one is ever in pain or in suffering?

Technology grows exponentially, so we might get to that point sooner than we think.

>>6978921

What if it's a book on street smarts?