Of course it would be easy to "discover" the Pythagorean theorem if you went back in time---you already know it. Now, go back in time and <em>take away all you

Of course it would be easy to "discover" the Pythagorean theorem if you went back in time---you already know it. Now, go back in time and <em>take away all your knowledge</em> (and the knowledge that there was a theorom to be discovered in the first place) and see how easy it would be for you to discover that theorom.