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Norden_Gheist@psychedelia.ink to Science@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago

Ancient Tablet Shows Babylonians Knew Pythagorean Theorem 1000 Years Before Pythagoras — Ultra Unlimited

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Ancient Tablet Shows Babylonians Knew Pythagorean Theorem 1000 Years Before Pythagoras — Ultra Unlimited

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Norden_Gheist@psychedelia.ink to Science@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 years ago
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Ancient Tablet Shows Babylonians Knew Pythagorean Theorem 1000 Years Before Pythagoras — Ultra Unlimited
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Pythagoras is the master teacher famous for the Pythagorean Theorem. However, a new discovery of the Plimpton 322 clay tablet reveals the ancient Babylonians knew this mathematical secret 1000 years earlier. Learn more about the esoteric math of Pythagoras and the mysteries of Plimpton 322.
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    The AI art is unsettling and makes me think the article wasn’t written by a human either.

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      No way, ultra-unlimited.com is beyond reproach as a news source!

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    Are we just going to get a “new” article on this every week now?

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      if you check the posters history, seems like a guy posting his own site everywhere, with AI images. so I’d just start blocking these.

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    Isn’t it pretty well known that what we now call the Pythagorean theorem was well known by various older civilizations? Anybody think the builders of the great pyramid didn’t understand that concept in some form?

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