pls explain why the parallel postulate makes nerds cry

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#190225201Wednesday, June 01, 2016 12:34 PM GMT

i don't get it, it sounds like math people getting upset over linguistics

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#190225240Wednesday, June 01, 2016 12:35 PM GMT

"In geometry, the parallel postulate, also called Euclid's fifth postulate because it is the fifth postulate in Euclid's Elements, is a distinctive axiom in Euclidean geometry." im very lost ℑ'𝔡 𝔩𝔦𝔨𝔢 𝔱𝔬 𝔱𝔞𝔨𝔢 𝔞 𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔲𝔱𝔢 𝔧𝔲𝔰𝔱 𝔰𝔦𝔱 𝔯𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 ℑ'𝔩𝔩 𝔱𝔢𝔩𝔩 𝔶𝔬𝔲 𝔥𝔬𝔴 ℑ 𝔟𝔢𝔠𝔞𝔪𝔢 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔫𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔞 𝔱𝔬𝔴𝔫 𝔠𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔢𝔡 𝔅𝔢𝔩A-𝔄𝔦𝔯

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#190225245Wednesday, June 01, 2016 12:35 PM GMT

i stopped reading when i read "parallel prostulate"