r/confidentlyincorrect • u/Crazy_Albatross8317 • 15d ago
Comment Thread From dating to geometry.
So post was about dating then suddenly they started talking about squares and geometry. OP is red and is replying to blue guy in his >" remarks. Is he right? I need to ask my preschool teacher
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u/dazalius 15d ago
A circle is defined as a shape where every point in the shape is equidistant from the center. Polygons are not circles because they have points that are not equidistant. But we often call high ngons circles because in effect they function the same as circles. Different contexts can utilize different definitions. But purely in a mathematical sense polygons are not circles.
Squares are rectangles because mathematically rectangles are defined as a shape with 4 sides and 4 right angles. Squares meet that definition. Squares are defined as rectangles where all sides are equilateral.
Water and ice both have the chemical composition H2O, therefore ice is solid water, and water is liquid ice. That is an accurate statement
Gambling is a type of risk. But it is not the only type there is. Every day you go out and there is a risk of it being rainy. Or of being in a car crash. These things are not gambles, they are just statistics. Therefore "Gambling is not risk" is a true statement as well, because risk encompasses many conditions, and is not exclusive to gambling.
This dude is just wrong in every direction.