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[–] Baku@aussie.zone 48 points 8 months ago

Did someone try to censor "death"?

[–] eighty@aussie.zone 20 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Brother really did not like his beans

[–] executivechimp@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Died because he wouldn't run through a bean field (allegedly)

[–] kn33@lemmy.world 16 points 8 months ago

Bro be like "protein"

[–] galanthus@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

He really did hate beans, but the "spawned from the same source" and the "experiment" seem like bs.

[–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, the most widely shared experiment from what I can tell is:

"Pythagoras conducted a scientific experiment demonstrating that humans and beans were spawned from the same source. He took some beans and buried them in the mud. They rested there for a few weeks before being removed and investigated by the great Greek philosopher. He concluded they looked like human fetuses."

But even that doesn't actually have any decent evidence.

[–] galanthus@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

"Experiment" is a tool of the modern science. The usage of this word in this context is not appropriate.

There is no evidence. There either is a source which mentions this or there isn't one. I have not seen, nor found such a source. The story is most likely made up by some modern idiot.

This story is also beyond ridiculous. I wonder how many human fetuses an average ancient greek has seen, but surely, it can't be that many.

[–] cocobean@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

What did he do for protein though

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 2 points 8 months ago

I can't imagine going 🅱️eanless and I'm not even a vegetarian 💀

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

And a real hero

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Ghaaa, now I feel like such a sucker for believing that a^2 = b^2 + c^2 all this fricking time. Fool me once, Pythagoras!!

Well, you are a sucker if you believe that, because the correct equation is a² + b² = c². Unless for some weird reason your part of the world labels the hypotenuse as "a".

[–] repungnant_canary@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Is that true? Were beans even present at the time and location of Pythagoras?

[–] HackerJoe@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Partly. I never heard about the smell part. He planted them and observed that the bean stalk sprouting out of the bean resembled the way a human grows in the womb. That's why they thought the beans contain human souls.

Hmm, that even crazier actually.

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

chickpeas and fava beans are native to the Mediterranean region I think

And beans exist pretty much everywhere.

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I don't trust sect leaders. I eat beans !