A Thoughtful and Well-Reasoned Discourse on Why Pi Can Go Suck It
If you celebrated Pi Day yesterday on Monday, YOU ARE OFFICIALLY PART OF THE PROBLEM. Oh sure, I used to find Pi Day cute and innocent and nerdy myself, but that was until astute Topless Roboteer Adam M. sent me this video from mathematician/musician Vi Hart. In this video, Hart clearly explains why pi is a fucking joke to be abhorred at all costs — okay, she doesn’t do that, really, but she does explain why pi is problematic and the Christopher Columubus of math (it’s a hell of an analogy). And she does all of this with math that I personally am too dumb and too far out of high school to understand, but I still find kind of sexy. I imagine Vi will be getting a few nerdy marriage proposals for this video, but watch out — I’m pretty sure Adam M. is first in line.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.