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minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-27 months ago Pi can be estimated by dividing the circumference of any circle by its diameter. There’s something about the word “estimated” in here that I find really funny It’s like using c as a “rough approximation” of the speed of light
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoWe know what the exact value of c is because we set it to a specific value and derive the meter from it. We can’t do that with pi, so “estimate” it is.
There’s something about the word “estimated” in here that I find really funny
It’s like using c as a “rough approximation” of the speed of light
We know what the exact value of c is because we set it to a specific value and derive the meter from it. We can’t do that with pi, so “estimate” it is.