Trapezoidal

I remember reading how they used to drown people who could prove sqrt(2) is irrational number that can be marked on the x-axis

tippyc

So his point here is that the ancient Pythagoreans somehow knew the shape of the water molecule? He's not even right on that one, the angles are off by about 3.5 degrees.

I'm always looking for usefulness. Maybe that's the engineer in me, but the way I see it, these comparisons dont create anything by themselves. It is however interesting to note how many of the great and well-known works of art & architecture that we know contain this ratio.

scoopadoop

So um... I don't think there was every a tribe of people who called themselves Pythagoreans. I do know about a guy called Pythagoras who taught his shit to whoever would listen, and the only "secrets" is shit people was to dumb to understand.

This is crap

ardvarcus

The "greatest secret" appears to be that the Pythagoreans liked to play with geometry, and to discover basic geometric relationships.

derram

https://www.hooktube.com/watch?v=NNIWMX-r7iU :

The Greatest LOST SECRET of the PYTHAGOREANS rediscovered & explained - YouTube

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