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Category: Rules changed one at a time

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  • One times one equals two – A claim about arithmetic, refuted in one line. The interesting part is what it would cost, since mathematics changes its rules often and states the price.
  • Whole-radian geometry – Discredited system in which a circle holds 360 radians, a radian is a distance, and a turn is 4π.

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