Re: Epistemology 201: The Science of Science

From: Wolf Kirchmeir (wwolfkir_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 02/27/05 

Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 17:43:50 -0500

Lester Zick wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Feb 2005 21:06:07 -0500, "robert j. kolker"
> <nowhere@nowhere.net> in comp.ai.philosophy wrote:
>
>
>>Lester Zick wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>Is this a joke, Wolf? Cuz the sum of interior angles of a plane
>>>triangle is a straight angle not pi. I can just imagine the howls of
>>>laughter from yourself, Bob, Mati, and the boys if I had said that.
>>
>>Do you know what a radian is?
>>
>>Earth to Zick. Pi radians -is- a straight line on the plane.
>>
>>Pi/2 radians is a right angle in a plane triangle.
>
>
> So what ***-for-brains? My comment was directed at the sum of
> interior angles in a plane triangle. Pi radians is not pi dumb***.

Oh, Lester, sorry, I forgot to mention: when talking about angles in
terms of radians, 'pi' is common usage for 'pi radians.' Learned that in
engineering school. Sorry to use that terminology - I thought you would
recognise it, since IIRC you once referred to some sort of engineering
experience with the Navy.

BTW, I bit my tongue and did not use the same sort of rudeness on you as
you used on bob. I'm trying to elevate the tone of these exchanges - I
expect you to do the same.

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