[FRIAM] Natural Law by Fiat

[Steven A Smith]

PI constant.svg != 3.2  !=3

The semi-annual specter of clock-change and our current ego-fueled 
government (executive, legislative and soon to be judicial?) reminds me 
of the 1897 Indiana Legislature near-miss on legislating the value of Pi 
to be 3.2 for the increased convenience and reduced waste implied in not 
constantly having to calculate using more expansive approximations.

For you Cosmology buffs,  what conditions would it take for the 
curvature of our space to shift enough for Pi to literally be == 3 or 4?

Minkowski's "Taxicab Geometry" has a value of Pi (ratio of diameter to 
circumference) of 4, so maybe the Donald, who probably has spent little 
if any time away from city-blocks could be persuaded to insist on the 
"Manhattan Distance" metric for all calculations.

Donald Trump's version of Flatland?  Square-land?




On 3/10/17 9:50 AM, glen ☣ wrote:
> Thanks for the reminder!  It'll be nice to have daylight in the evening, since I have to work on my truck and I can't pull it into the garage because the damned city inspector hasn't come by to log our seismic upgrade. <sigh>... 1st world problems</sigh>
>
> On 03/10/2017 08:12 AM, Gillian Densmore wrote:
>> Rant rant rant
>> Changing the clocks around reely reeeely vexes
>>
>> That is all...at least on that rant.
>

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