On: Euclid's Proof that √2 is Irrational

[taeric]

I thought this was basically the same proof that got someone killed in the Pythagorean cult. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-a-secret-soci... shows it was a different proof in a similar vein, though. Fun times.

[omoikane → taeric]

Another version of the same story:

https://existentialcomics.com/comic/189

See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippasus#Irrational_numbers