if rational beliefs are based on scientific method which uses empirical data and at the same time pi is known to be an "irrational" number can it still be said that basing your beliefs on science is rational?
just a thought that occured to me - not a shot at any one group. thanks.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0110195/what/irrational.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical
2007-10-26 04:18:49 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
An irrational number has nothing to do with rational thinking. An irrational numbers is simply a number that cannot be expressed as a ratio of two integers. The existence of pi can be determined empirically. For example, if you divide the circumference of a circle by its diameter, you will have empirically arrived at pi. The context in which you are using the mathematical definition of irrational is incorrect. As a side note, since science is based on empirical data it is not a set of beliefs. It is the recognition of observed facts.
2007-10-28 08:43:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're confusing the definitions of rational thinking and irrational numbers. The word rational has a different meaning in both of those contexts.
2007-10-26 04:23:45 · answer #2 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i've got asked God in prayer for the respond. Oddly, all i'm getting is silence. hmm . . i'm going to flow out on a limb and say -- no. Pi is an irrational quantity, greater heavily expressed at 3.14159 . . . i've got confidence it relatively is a persevering with value once you divide the circumference of a circle by utilising the radius (middle to circle's arc) length squared. btw, God says "strawberry rhubarb". particularly a humorousness!
2016-10-14 02:39:53 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pi has nothing to do with "rational thought"... thinking based in Reason.
2007-10-26 04:22:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pi has to do with ratios, fractions. It is only irrational, when you try to express it as a decimal figure. Go figure...
It's the imaginary numbers that are crazy...
2007-10-26 04:32:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Religious belief can't possibly be proven mathematically .
2007-10-26 04:27:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋