Theory of Enlightenment (atheist) - Page 3

Heneni · #21 05-02-2008, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Random

See reply to Emu.

Square the circle and the circle is broken - but circle the square, and both exist in full form conjoined, one inside the other.

Square the circle and the circle is broken?? I dont get that, is the circle too big for the square?

I like this square and circle analogy but dont get why the square around a circle will break it.

Love
Heneni

Halcyon · #22 05-02-2008, 03:12 PM

I don't see how imagination supercedes rationality when it comes to enlightenment, if anything it makes more sense the other way around - awakening from our imaginary concepts of the world to how it is in reality.

Heneni · #23 05-02-2008, 04:03 PM

I wonder if you drew a circle in a square and you had to fold the line/s of the square and circle open to see how long each were, would there be a difference?

And if you drew a square around a cirlce, and then 'fold' open the lines of such, which line will be the longest?

LOL and would it mean anything? Whichever line is the longest, has more leg to stand on

Reverend Rick · #24 05-02-2008, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Heneni

I wonder if you drew a circle in a square and you had to fold the line/s of the square and circle open to see how long each were, would there be a difference?

And if you drew a square around a cirlce, and then 'fold' open the lines of such, which line will be the longest?

LOL and would it mean anything? Whichever line is the longest, has more leg to stand on

What are you saying here? Size matters?

Heneni · #25 05-02-2008, 04:22 PM

Actually reverent size does matter!

After doing some math I just worked out that whether the square is around the circle or inside the circle the circle has a larger circumference.

So circles win.

Random, do you think size matters then?

love
Heneni

Random · #26 05-02-2008, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Heneni

Actually reverent size does matter!

After doing some math I just worked out that whether the square is around the circle or inside the circle the circle has a larger circumference.

So circles win.

Random, do you think size matters then?

love
Heneni

I think you've got it figured quite well now. You're a delight, frubals.

doppelgänger · #27 05-02-2008, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Heneni

Actually reverent size does matter!

After doing some math I just worked out that whether the square is around the circle or inside the circle the circle has a larger circumference.

Ummmm . . . no . . . .

A circle inscribed completely inside a square would have, at most, a diameter equal to the length of one side of the square. The circumference of a square is 4*d (four sides times the length of a side). The circumference of a circle is pi *d (or roughly 3.14 times the length of a side). 4>3.14, so the square would have a greater circumference than any circle inscribed within it.

Random · #28 05-02-2008, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by doppelgänger

Ummmm . . . no . . . .A circle inscribed completely inside a square would have, at most, a diameter equal to the length of one side of the square. The circumference of a square is 4*d (four sides times the length of a side). The circumference of a circle is pi *d (or roughly 3.14 times the length of a side). 4>3.14, so the square would have a greater circumference than any circle inscribed within it.

Read back. The circle in not inscribed inside the square, but outside of it.

doppelgänger · #29 05-02-2008, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Random

Read back. The circle in not inscribed inside the square, but outside of it.

In the post I was responding to, it was suggested that the circumference of the circle was larger "whether the square is around the circle or inside the circle." Assuming that a square being 'around' the circle means that the circle is within the square, the math doesn't support that conclusion.