How Pi was nearly changed to 3.2 - Numberphile

The State of Indiana nearly passed a law which would have made Pi equal 3.2 - strange but true.
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[nerdbot]

Constants in the Imperial System:
Pi = 3.2
Slice = 0.76
Crumb = 0.04

[christophergudgeon]

hey bro i can remember 39 digits of pi how many do you know?
i know ALL of them bro.
really bro? prove it.
3.2 bro

[dangiscongrataway]

Pft, here's the real solution:
r=0
boom a square with 0 area has the same area as a circle with a radius of 0. Ha.

[cuddlybunion]

Just imagine if you would have to pay Pythagoras for using his theroem...

[rkrokberg]

Wait, squaring the circle is the first Numberphile video I watched! I have come full circle!

[buddermybacon]

*when you say your password is the last five digits of pi*

[tyleramato]

And my state has embarrassed me again, thanks Indiana.

[Pyramid]

3.14 - Are you threatening me Master Goodwin?

Goodwin - The senate will decide your fate

3.14 - I am the Senate!!!

[piguy]

"Piguy32" just doesn't sound as cool...

[Hoka_moka]

pi is exactly three. EDIT: because I’m still getting comments 6 years later. My comment is a reference to an episode of the simpsons where professor frink was forced to loudly declare pi is exactly 3 to get the attention of his roused peers during a presentation.

[delfninchen]

I love how happy James seems when he's telling any story

[MrAccidental]

Even if you rounded Pi up to two significant figures, it would be 3.1, not 3.2.

[qhjkmni]

I know all of the digits of pi, i just forget which order they’re in

[DoAllDogsLikeMarmite]

I think the scarier part, to be honest, is the attempt to patent pi. Obviously, even if it went through, it obviously wasn't pi, but... just imagine if there was legal precedent for patenting it.

[morphx]

I coded a small (and simple) physics program to emulate the basics of a pool table (well, the physics of its balls actually) and decided to try changing the value of Pi to 3.2 and the thing just went nuts!
Actually, the movement of the balls looked like it was being influenced by quantum physics!

[leedaniel]

At this point Ramanujan is my hero. He's been coming up in absolutely every numberphile video I've tried to watch

[andrewbloom]

The hubris to think that after 2000 years, not only did you solve an unsolvable problem, but you did it because you are the only person in history to notice pi is 3.2...wow dude

[legoyoda]

The guy that said pi=3.2 is so evil! How dare you put tax on a mathematical idea!

[phancypheline]

In base π, π is 10... I wonder what it would look like in base √5.

[MusicDecomposer]

Why would they change math? Math. Is. Math!