January 26, 2012 10:22AM
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Sirforth,
We concur on this. The AE records and constructs all seem to show they approached mathematics as a very down to earth tool to achieve their wants & needs and support their society.
The various "math scrolls" we have recover seem to support this hypothesis.
imho, were one of these complex math problems laid out in front of the original builders, the result would be a confused look and "why would we do THAT?"
I believe they used the concepts of "seked" and "8/9ths" because they were easier to apply in the real world than highly conceptualized Pi to the 10th digit, etc.
I am not sure they ever worked Pi out to the 10th digit in fractions, as I believe in their system there was no need or gain for doing so.
I also get bemused when a vanished civilization which left written records of the systems used, and stunning constructs that could be built applying those same systems, all of which are ignored to proclaim "But look at this (ten times more complex) system, they secretly must have known!"...
Jammer
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