If there were a Temple of Geekdom...

31 March 2009

…surely this cuneiform tablet inscribed with an approximation of √2, computed geometrically, a tablet that was fired a thousand years before Pythagoras was even born—surely this tablet would belong in the Holy of Holies.

via browngirl

• Later: Blaming the victim (bonus capitalism edition)
• Earlier: Now we see the violence inherent in the system