Pi is wrong; long live Tau!

[Bruno]

They should come up with a name for "two times the radius".

[Faust]

They should come up with a name for "two times the radius".

The diameter?

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They should come up with a name for "two times the radius".

The diameter?

[Bruno]

[Shai Hulud]

Before I try reading this, let me ask, is it even possible for me to understand this if I am no good at math?

[Don Coyote]

Before I try reading this, let me ask, is it even possible for me to understand this if I am no good at math?

You mean highschool geometry?

[Freeky]

I never learned about Tau in geometry.

[Don Coyote]

I never learned about Tau in geometry.

From what I gather, Tau is suggested as a stand-in for 2pi, and is not currently taught as a variable at any level.

[Shai Hulud]

Before I try reading this, let me ask, is it even possible for me to understand this if I am no good at math?

You mean highschool geometry?

Yeah, that.

I know what pi is, and I recall 2pi coming up sometimes in formulae [that's a lie, I don't recall anything from high school geometry].  But skimming the article just now it doesn't look like anything I can comprehend.  Why do we need tau when it is the same as 2pi?  What's wrong with just using 2pi?

Is this basically an aesthetic thing?

[Don Coyote]

Before I try reading this, let me ask, is it even possible for me to understand this if I am no good at math?

You mean highschool geometry?

Yeah, that.

I know what pi is, and I recall 2pi coming up sometimes in formulae [that's a lie, I don't recall anything from high school geometry].  But skimming the article just now it doesn't look like anything I can comprehend.  Why do we need tau when it is the same as 2pi?  What's wrong with just using 2pi?

Is this basically an aesthetic thing?

Numbers get lost very easily.

[Shai Hulud]

What does that mean?

[Freeky]

What does that mean?

It means exactly what he said.  

If you're trying to solve a long ass equation with variables up the yin yang, it's really easy to forget about a variable somewhere and get it all fucked up.

[Don Coyote]

What does that mean?

You could: do the operations wrong, mix up numbers, forget a number.
Non-number variables and constants tend to be a lot less prone to running away.

[Shai Hulud]

What does that mean?

It means exactly what he said.  

If you're trying to solve a long ass equation with variables up the yin yang, it's really easy to forget about a variable somewhere and get it all fucked up.

Right, I get you. 

[Freeky]

What does that mean?

It means exactly what he said. 

Could you explain it in a way that makes sense?

See edit.