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minus-squareBirds Books and Bullshit@zirk.uslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year ago@mukt @Zerush A fair number of people worked out the Pythagorean theorem before Pythagoras existed. For some reason his name stuck for our culture.
minus-squareमुक्त@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoGiven what other comments are saying about him (cult leader appropriating works of others), I think the west/europe would do well not to associate themselves with him.
@mukt @Zerush A fair number of people worked out the Pythagorean theorem before Pythagoras existed. For some reason his name stuck for our culture.
Given what other comments are saying about him (cult leader appropriating works of others), I think the west/europe would do well not to associate themselves with him.