When science has gone to the point that PI is taught to kids. do people still educate on a book written about the same time as PI was the most advanced maths, isn't it time to move on?
2006-08-23 12:21:37 · 8 answers · asked by ? 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I like Pie
2006-08-23 12:31:45 · answer #1 · answered by Cartman 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
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2006-08-23 19:26:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
(Note: Pi wasn't the most advanced mathematics back then). Note that Karen Armstrong (spiritual/religious writer) points out the 'Axial Age' where the Buddha, Confucius, etc. (and then Jesus and others) strongly considered the cause of suffering and offered ways out. The human condition is constant and so is the ego thought system; metaphors and symbols and world views may change but the problem is still the same. Enlightened beings in the Buddha's time talk in ways that are remarkably similar to the perspectives of quantum theory (it's why Niels Bohr - quantum physicist - became so interested in taoism). One needs to separate the literalism of religion from the valid spiritual path that seeks to investigate the mystery of existence and to resolve the problems inherent in the human condition.
2006-08-23 19:28:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
well sit your butt down and try all by yourself to come up with the relationship of any circles circumference to its diameter. when you have learned all of the mathematics that goes into the simple formula your lazy butt would like to take for granted then you will see.
the relationship between between linear and circular contexts i believe will never be trivialized in the way you suggest.
2006-08-23 19:34:54 · answer #4 · answered by emptiedfull 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting aside... in the bible, Pi = 3.0, rather than 3.14.
2006-08-23 19:32:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
PI as in 3.14...?
well its useful in equations that you solve like finding volume &area
2006-08-24 00:26:49 · answer #6 · answered by miss♡hollywood 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean "Pi"? If not, I have no idea what you mean by "PI".
2006-08-23 19:24:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
what is PI?
2006-08-23 19:49:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋