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“Secret name” says:
My philosophy teacher, who I do not know why he thinks he can do math, tried to prove Pythagoras theorem and drew that picture on the board. Then he said “It proves Pythagoras theorem because 3^2 + 4^2 = 5^2, as shown in the picture”. Then I said I had not understood why it proves Pythagoras theorem.
He asked to the class if someone else had not understood and they did not said anything. Then he said (not with those words) I am stupid and the prove was trivial.
Thanks to “secret name” for this submission.
[[Editor’s note: Unfortunately this happens all too often when a teacher does not know an answer. But don’t let it be a reason to discourage you from math!]]
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Origami Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem
This reminds me of my proof that if you flip a coin it will come up heads.
Sigh, I sure hope this wasn’t the whole proof. Proving something for one case does just that, it proves it for that single case.
Wanna see? Claim: 2x = x^2. Proof: let x = 2. Both sides simplify to 4. QED.
This reminds me why science > philosophy
Well, either this is false, or your teacher is stupid, because someone who studies philosophy, while not being able to do math, learns pretty well the rules of logic and mathematical proofs, so no one would say that.