Celebrating Pi Day & making a difference (debate, America, science)

[Sizzly Friddle]

I received an email from Bill Penzey of Penzey's Spices. It is asking for help to make Pi Day a day to celebrate science.

You can read the entire message here- https://t.e2ma.net/message/05l0k/4kg1mh

I selected a few paragraphs that are the meat of the message.

For so much of our history, the people of our country and the world have benefited greatly from the science-based reality that has shaped America’s future. Science may be based on numbers, but science's actual value is in its humanity. It's beyond doubt that through science and the honest representation of reality our lives have become safer, healthier and happier.

Maybe rather than a debate of our differences, what we need is a celebration of what we share. At Penzeys we think Pi Day could grow into just the holiday we need. There really is no time to lose to get on to celebrating the truth of science-based reality and the math behind it. And there is also no time better than now to get back to celebrating the kindness, compassion and the nurturing nature of our shared humanity that has always been behind the very best that science has brought to our lives.

Where we still really need your help is in finding an economist or two to speak to why our deficit spending has left our economy and our humanity in so much better shape than what Europe is facing today. And we could also use one more person with the knowledge to speak to the monetary cost and the human cost of sending to prison people who simply need treatment instead.

I am posting this here instead of the science forum because It's beyond doubt that through science and the honest representation of reality our lives have become safer, healthier and happier. This says "Atheism" to me.

The most intelligent people I know are my friends here on this forum. Maybe some of you may be interested in getting involved in this.

[Arach Angle]

Pi day eh. Is that like a "bith of science day" thingie?

and are we gona turn off some seriously broken inmates so we have the resources to fix the ones with minor defects? or are we still in la la land?

[chuckmann]

ha ha my son is getting married on pi day 2.14.15 9:26:59 IIRC

[Freak80]

2.14159?

[PeachSalsa]

Originally Posted by chuckmann

ha ha my son is getting married on pi day 2.14.15 9:26:59 IIRC

Originally Posted by Freak80

2.14159?

I do hope you mean 3/14/15. Will the ceremony begin at 9:26:53?

[Old Gringo]

For those who are interested:

PI-DAY OF THE CENTURY: Celebrate Pi! | Teespring

Now is the time to begin preparation for the next "square root day", arriving on April 4, 2016.

4-4-16

[GCSTroop]

For some reason, discussions like these always make me think of this oldie but goodie... It's one of my favorite cartoons ever.