Re:Do they really recite the digits of pi?
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It's not hard to recite the decimal expansion of 22/7. Note: pi is not the expansion of 22/7, its "approximately" 22/7.
The numerical value of truncated to 50 decimal places is: 3.14159 26535 89793 23846 26433 83279 50288 41971 69399 37510
Source: Wikipedia
"How does access to a computer help anything if poverty and social instability are rampant?"
It is the access to information that helps. Living here in India, I have some first hand experience on this matter
I teach in a government school (voluntarily). The schools are short of teachers. Kids come to class, but there are no teachers to teach them. Most of the time, they just sit around, drawing, painting, bullying other kids.
These kids have enough money for food, clothing and shelter, but not for books. They only use the textbooks provided to them by the school.
Now lets imagine these kids have a computer with access to the internet...Need I say more?
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The numerical value of truncated to 50 decimal places is: 3.14159 26535 89793 23846 26433 83279 50288 41971 69399 37510
Source: Wikipedia
"How does access to a computer help anything if poverty and social instability are rampant?" It is the access to information that helps. Living here in India, I have some first hand experience on this matter
I teach in a government school (voluntarily). The schools are short of teachers. Kids come to class, but there are no teachers to teach them. Most of the time, they just sit around, drawing, painting, bullying other kids. These kids have enough money for food, clothing and shelter, but not for books. They only use the textbooks provided to them by the school.
Now lets imagine these kids have a computer with access to the internet...Need I say more?