Greek math and science

JacquesTrappe: The history of Greek math and science

jameskomne: OK start

JacquesTrappe: Great, so already you've backpeddled from your previous statement in reply to my claim about Plato in Egypt, correct ?

jameskomne: NO

JacquesTrappe: So then you deny Plato studied in Egypt for 13 years ?

jameskomne: There was a statement that the Greeks stole ideas from other cultures but is not true

JacquesTrappe: James, you either deny what I stated and provide a source to back up your claim, or you concede, but sidestepping the topic is not debating

jameskomne: It is possible but my point is that the Greeks were more original in their thinking than any other culture

jameskomne: Yes, so cultures the Greeks expanded on but stole is really not accurate

JacquesTrappe: Great, so then you concede that you were wrong in responding to me on that specific , but let me really expose you now

Let's examine Greek mathematical astronomy

What is a digit ?

jameskomne: I do not know exactly what or how I responded to you, I had others also to respond to

jameskomne: Let's not, more knowledge in history and philosophy

jameskomne: Well ?

JacquesTrappe: Oh james, you directly stated I didn't know what I am talking about, you also said you were going to wipe the floor with me in debate, so now I'll really make it hard

Here's the EPSD database

Since you claim I don't know anything about Sumerian et al, but I've actually studied online using the sites maintained by Yale, Oxford and Max Planck, for years, I'm going to give you the opportunity to show us all you dont even know how to use the go-to Sumerian online lexicon

http://psd.museum.upenn.edu/

Show me the digit that the Greeks used, james

jameskomne: Jac, math is not my area, you tell me

jameskomne: What is the difference between a sophist and a stoic Jac

JacquesTrappe: Great, so now you admit you dont know how to even navigate the largest online Sumerian lexicon



Smooth, very smooth, especially since you also stated I don't know anything about the topic of Sumerian, but it looks like you didn't even really overestimate your abilities with cuneiform languages, you straight up tried to lie like you actually know anything about it

glad we could expose that

So, you aren't remotely familiar with Greek metrology, and definitely not familiar with metrology in Mesopotamia ?

jameskomne: Again, I am familiar with the history of Sumeria and I did mention cuneiform writing and talked about Gilgamesh. I think you got me mixed up with someone else

jameskomne: Plus I do not need to lie because I am well educated in the subjects I have mentioned

JacquesTrappe: No James, you specifically stated I don't know what i am talking about

So far you haven't wiped the floor with anything but your own face

Let's go to Ptolemy, and his astronomy text, Almagest

Greek astronomers wrote ephemerides in what base ?

jameskomne: Sorry, I know that Ptolemy incorrectly said that all the planets and even the sun revolves around the earth

jameskomne: Who was the Greek to measure the circumference of the earth with geometry

jameskomne: Stick to history and philosophy

JacquesTrappe: I suspected you didn't have a clue

They wrote in base 60, which they adapted from Mesopotamian astronomers

mean synodic month = 29 days 31' 50'' 8''' 20''''

That's straight out of the Almagest, but it's not a calculated average, it's from a prediction made using something called a __________ function, by Babylonian astronomers

What is the function ?

jameskomne: Jac, I think you have some sort mind block, I told you before, Math is not my area of study and if you will not answer my questions the debate is over

JacquesTrappe: There was never a debate to be had in the first place because you severely overestimated yourself, and you egotistically claimed I dont know what i am talking about, which was really a bad choice on your part

Egg on your face

But since " math is not your area ", I will switch to pure linguistics

Now you don't have an excuse

Pick a Greek script, I'm familiar with all of them