[nopurpose]

Don't you think this discussion is tangental to the topic?

[throwaway167]

Do you assume a point exists?

[nopurpose]

You are free to make approximation like that. Really, whatever floats your boat.

[Cyphase]

I think that's hyperbolic. It seems like a natural digression. I think you're just being negative.

Put another way, this discussion certainly has more than an infinitesimal relation to the original link.

[scarmig]

This seems like a pointless back and forth; you all aren't going to be able to square the circle here.

[jdechko]

All math is derivative anyway.

[brutusborn]

Discussing the history of Pythagoras under an article on the history of his most famous theorem?

I think you have a very high bar for relevance.