Talk:Pythagoras
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Before 5th Century BCE, the planet Mercury actually had two names, as it was not realized it could alternately appear on one side of the Sun and then the other. Mercury was called Mercury when in the evening sky, but was known as Apollo when it appeared in the morning. Pythagoras is credited for pointing out that they were one and the same. - Sparky
dude, i think he was a [vegetarian]
Moved here so that somebody can figure out how to salvage... Stan 03:31, 30 Jul 2003 (UTC)
- "Pythagoras proved that music (and everything else) had very much to do with mathematical laws of proportion.
He used his rational knowledge to prove that harmonious melodies are related to mathematical ratios: He discovered that if you pluck two strings which have the same tension, and then divide one of them exactly in half, the pitch of the shorter string is exactly one octave higher than the longer one. "
- Pythagoras’s followers discovered that different musical modes have different effects on the person who hears them. They claim that Pythagoras once cured a young man by prescribing a certain melody. Still today there are clinics which use therapy accompanied by music.
But sound waves can have a very negative effect on peoples subconscious as Patrick Flanagan, a modern controversial thinker, states. The human ear can only hear certain frequencies but our subconscious takes in other levels of sound we cannot make out. The same way we can learn while asleep by playing a tape or something.
- He claims that this discovery is being used very frequently today to subliminally control peoples mind. He claims that a lot of stores like Wal-Mart use it to persuade people to buy products or not to steal. It is most often played with the background music which itself is calm and relaxing. Patrick states that it is used everywhere, from power poles to cell phone antennas. It can make people tired, lazy or the opposite, angry and excited."
- īThe first part i utterly confused and hard to follow, and that last part sounds more like a conspiracy theory. I will see if I can write up something serious on musical scales instead... Nixdorf
there's something wrong with the greek link to Pythagoras ( Πυθαγόρας ) and i can't seem to fix it. =/
- Should be fixed...it actually just pointed to a non-existant article, since the article on el: is at Pythagoras of Samos (or Pythagoras the Samian I guess, Πυθαγόρας ο Σάμιος). Adam Bishop 02:00, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC)
On anachronistic links: IMHO the =External Links= section should be open to views that wouldn't be appropriate in the article - otherwise they risk spilling over into the text, especially in a subject like "Pythagoras" that tends to attract cranks. I say we do our best to note the perspective they come from and leave them in even if they're beyond the pale of good scholarship. Getting into an edit war over it isn't worth our time. Bacchiad 21:35, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Shouldn't there be a disambig article somewhere? There are at least 3 Pythagoras: this one, the crater on the moon, and the Greek sculptor. --Yurik 19:13, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I'd heard, a while ago, that it's speculated that Pythagoras stole some of his works from his students or some others. Anyone got a source for this? I'd like to see it added to the article, whether it's true or false. Nathyn 06:47, 21 May 2005 (UTC)
- I think it's not so much stole as much as the group attributing all of their discoveries to their leader, Pythagoras. Either way, it's an interesting point for investigation. JYolkowski // talk 18:02, 21 May 2005 (UTC)
