How Pi was nearly changed to 3.2 - Numberphile

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The State of Indiana nearly passed a law which would have made Pi equal 3.2 - strange but true.
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[@piguy314159]

"Piguy32" just doesn't sound as cool...

[@cuddlybunion341]

Just imagine if you would have to pay Pythagoras for using his theroem...

[@tyleramato4526]

And my state has embarrassed me again, thanks Indiana.

[@apeirce20]

Waiting to get paid royalties every time someone uses a proof you created? That might be the most american thing I've ever heard.

[@jpdude98]

Edwin is the Fine Bros of 1897

[@DiscoDerpAnimations]

"pi is a social construct"

[@rkrokberg]

Wait, squaring the circle is the first Numberphile video I watched! I have come full circle!

[@user-qh5jk1mn5i]

I know all of the digits of pi, i just forget which order they’re in

[@Hoka_moka]

pi is exactly three. EDIT: because I’m still getting comments 6 years later. My comment is a reference to an episode of the simpsons where professor frink was forced to loudly declare pi is exactly 3 to get the attention of his roused peers during a presentation.

[@charliefoxtrotthe3rd335]

Hey, I am an Indiana native, and if we say Pi is equal to 3.2, then by God, that is what it equals. If you don't like it, we'll stop letting you in to watch the Indy 500!

[@christophergudgeon9902]

hey bro i can remember 39 digits of pi how many do you know?

[@nerdbot4446]

Constants in the Imperial System:

[@dangiscongrataway2365]

Pft, here's the real solution:

[@delfninchen]

I love how happy James seems when he's telling any story

[@buddermybacon2805]

when you say your password is the last five digits of pi

[@Pyramid1501]

3.14 - Are you threatening me Master Goodwin?

[@rainingm644]

The fact that the video is on 3.2 mil views (for now) is poetic

[@DanDart]

James Grime has the shiniest cheeks of any mathematician.

[@VoidHalo]

This reminds me of something I read a while back about, I think it was an American high school teacher, who claimed he solved the problem of dividing by zero by inventing a constant with the value 1/0... BRILLIANT!

[@leedaniel2002]

At this point Ramanujan is my hero. He's been coming up in absolutely every numberphile video I've tried to watch