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Stonehenge was built 2000 years before Pythagoras was born yet there is evidence that the Pythagoream Theorem* was used to build it. WHAT?

*The square of the hypenunse is equal to the sum of the squares of the two sides.,

Posted - June 22, 2018

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  • Thousands of years ago it was said:"There is nothing new under the sun". The entire history of man includes knowledge and technology that was lost or forgotten for one reason or another until someone rediscovered it and had the honor of having their name associated with it. 
      June 22, 2018 9:09 AM MDT
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  • 7280
    The reality that currently carries his name existed before he stated it.
      June 22, 2018 9:40 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    True. So he did not discover/invent/create anything at all. He just put his name to what already had always existed. Timing is everything I guess. Took the credit though. Clever fella! Thank you for your reply tom! :)
      June 22, 2018 9:58 AM MDT
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  • 7280
    Historical Note: while we call it Pythagoras' Theorem, it was also known by Indian, Greek, Chinese and Babylonian mathematicians well before he lived !
      June 22, 2018 10:05 AM MDT
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  • 14795
    You're between a Rock and a Hard place with this one Rosie...  :(
      June 22, 2018 9:51 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    Everything that exists exists NOW and always has. It is our AWARENESS of it that is sequential not the thing itself . Thank you for your reply D and Happy Friday to thee.
      June 22, 2018 10:23 AM MDT
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  • 44175
    Pythagoras was the first to record and prove it. Please cite the evidence of the use of Pythagorean Theorem in the building of Stonehenge.
      June 22, 2018 12:08 PM MDT
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