The Hindsight Factor http://www.thehindsightfactor.com/node/939/atom/feed 2008-04-02T07:05:15-07:00 THF Voted #1 Blog in 2008!! http://www.thehindsightfactor.com/node/939 2008-04-01T02:43:38-07:00 2008-04-02T07:05:15-07:00 Jay Daverth Top 100 April Fool's Day pranks of all time. My favorite:
#7: Alabama Changes the Value of Pi

piThe April 1998 issue of the New Mexicans for Science and Reason newsletter contained an article claiming that the Alabama state legislature had voted to change the value of the mathematical constant pi from 3.14159 to the 'Biblical value' of 3.0. Before long the article had made its way onto the internet, and then it rapidly made its way around the world, forwarded by people in their email. It only became apparent how far the article had spread when the Alabama legislature began receiving hundreds of calls from people protesting the legislation. The original article, which was intended as a parody of legislative attempts to circumscribe the teaching of evolution, was written by a physicist named Mark Boslough.

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#7: Alabama Changes the Value of Pi

piThe April 1998 issue of the New Mexicans for Science and Reason newsletter contained an article claiming that the Alabama state legislature had voted to change the value of the mathematical constant pi from 3.14159 to the 'Biblical value' of 3.0. Before long the article had made its way onto the internet, and then it rapidly made its way around the world, forwarded by people in their email. It only became apparent how far the article had spread when the Alabama legislature began receiving hundreds of calls from people protesting the legislation. The original article, which was intended as a parody of legislative attempts to circumscribe the teaching of evolution, was written by a physicist named Mark Boslough.

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