There is something inextricably human about this sort of anecdote though, like m...

		kouh on May 24, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What's the difference between 0/0 and 1/0? There is something inextricably human about this sort of anecdote though, like modern reenactments of the drowning of Hippasus by the Pythagoreans after bringing up irrational numbers.

He showed that the square root of 2 was an irrational.