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submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Tau isn't real, it's a social construct. Think about it: did you ever see tau in nature? "I have eaten tau apples" said no one ever. Face it: it's made up by humans and isn't real in any meaningful way

[–] FuglyDuck 10 points 8 months ago (3 children)

considering that pi is the ratio of a circle's circumference to it's diameter, where tau is the ratio of a circles circumference to it's radius, anywhere you see 2pi in nature, you're seeing tau, too.

Don't mind me. I just like making bad math puns; so 2pi will always be better than 1. (especially around my family... quite vociferous about which pie is best. Apple, btw.)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Don't make this about pi! We both know tau is fake and as long as we don't speak about pi, all is fine

[–] FuglyDuck 6 points 8 months ago

I don’t see why not. Pi is delicious, so it’s logical that 2pi is more so,

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

2pi is always what you see. I don't think there's a situation it's ever alone. It may look like it is sometimes, but that because it was divided by two already wherever the formula was derived from. Tau is the actual useful number, and 1/2 Tau somehow became mainstream

[–] FuglyDuck 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Yep. I linked the Tau manifesto in my original comment for any one curious. It’s a math and engineering nerd rant, though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

you can create any number by multiplying pi by another number. Checkmate rest of the numbers

[–] FuglyDuck 1 points 8 months ago

So… is that like, an antiprime?

(Yes, my math teacher hated me. To be fair, he cared more about coaching football. He was an awful math teacher.)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Idk, the HL tau cannon is pretty dope

Also, everything we say is made up by humans.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

τ is a lie by Big Τ to sell more τ