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RE: Is Our Math Wrong?

in #philosophy7 years ago

The "degree measure" of a circle is a social construct. We inherit it from a long line of users. At some point someone decided to divide the full angle into 360 parts. It's completely artificial. Maybe they thought there were that many in a year but it is much more convenient than 365.25 in a full ange!

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I'm not disputing the convenience of it, that is pretty much my point. :D