Cult Theorems
Many people remember being hesitant to confront their teachers while they were still in school. At times, even a slight disagreement can offend a teacher’s ego. But the discipline you likely received for crossing one of your teachers was nothing compared to what Pythagoras did to his.
If you recall geometry class, you may remember Pythagoras’s famous theorem. However, finding the length of a hypotenuse was not all he was invested in. When one of Pythagoras’s students claimed that irrational numbers existed, Pythagoras responded irrationally by drowning the student to death.
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