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Feel the same way. It’s way too close to the infamous proof by “just look at it”. Our visual intuition is way too easy to trick especially in three dimensions,
by seanhunter 1y ago
Feel the same way. It’s way too close to the infamous proof by “just look at it”. Our visual intuition is way too easy to trick especially in three dimensions, and our intuition for any dimension higher than that is basically zero.
- LegionMammal978 1y agoI've found Dudley's A Budget of Trisections pretty fun in this regard: the book is filled with depictions of various people's attempts to trisect an angle with straightedge and compass. It turns out that a few steps can get you within arcseconds of the correct result, easily enough to fool the eye.