Krampus The Warlock, cult leader and infamous crazy old coot, gives a sermon/lecture in which it is argued pi=0 on the grounds that all circles of latitude are equal to the equatorial circumference, which is finite, while the radius of every circle of latitude is infinite.
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Originally intended for e-day Ive decided to release this for pi-day instead :p
Characters from left-to-right:
Krampus The Warlock, Peteroshka, Rudolph, and Leroy The Wizard King.
Rudolph is cozying up to Petroshka ("Peter rabbit") and he's none too comfortable.
Leroy is scolding the congregation to pay attention and warning them they'll be tested on this later.
A drawing on the board shows what they believe the shape of the earth to be, which is essentially what looks like a squashed earth although they believe it looks more and more squashed as you approach the poles with the shape of the earth approaching an "infinitely oblate spheroid" as you approach 90 degrees north of the equator.
Krampus runs a cult known colloquially as the "Fat Earthers" although internally they refer to themselves as Thaalthuulimites as they are followers of the teachings and alternative science of Thaalthuulselah the modern prophet and pseudo-scientist.
Just fyi while pi is defined as the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter, this value is most definitely not 0 but rather begins 3.141592653589793... however pi and math crankery have a long history with many cranks claiming wild values for pi based on supposedly sound geometric and algebraic proofs (actually theyre all mathematical slight of hand).
However, if we use different distance metrics it is in fact possible to get other values of pi. For example if we use the so called manhattan-distance, the locus of points equidistant from a chosen center becomes a diamond instead of a circle. Using this metric we get a ratio of the distance around the diamond to the distance across of 4. So in a way the idea of "pi" equaling 0 isnt as crazy as it seems but ... it has nothing to do with the universe we actually live in :3
Anyway, Happy Pi Day everyone!
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