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The same cult found a proof that sqrt(2) is irrational, and kept it hidden because they believed natural numbers and their ratio's to be everything. Then some d
by rocqua 9y ago
The same cult found a proof that sqrt(2) is irrational, and kept it hidden because they believed natural numbers and their ratio's to be everything.
Then some dude Hippasus found the same proof and talked about it openly. The pythagorean cult murdered him for it.
(I checked wikipedia [1] and apparently, historians disagree on whether this is true)
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippasus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippasus