When Is A Pyramid Not A Pyramid?

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Hi All!

When is a pyramid not a pyramid?
And why?

Thank you, have a splendid everything!
Mark...

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Hey Mark,
Are you talking about the geometric pyramid or ancient pyramids?
If the former, then a pyramid is not a pyramid when it doesn't fulfill the requirements of a pyramid (i.e. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_%28geometry%29 )
The latter would not be itself when it crumbles apart or something similar.

Have a sparkling everything, Mark

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@mister kitten,

mister kitten wrote:

a pyramid is not a pyramid when it doesn't fulfill the requirements of a pyramid.

Hi <ole!!!

Think about what you have stated above...

All the best!
Mark...

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@mark noble,

A pyramid is not a pyramid when nobody buys into it.

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@mark noble,

Ah you're a trick, Mr. Mark. Should I have not taken it seriously?

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@mister kitten,

No <ole, no trick.
Think about the obvious and it will become more obvious!

Kindest regards!
Mark... Oh, Hi, by the way!

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@mark noble,

So come on then Mark, tell us when is a pyramid not a pyramid? I'm curious.

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@Caroline,

Hi Caroline!

If I could PM you, I would. This is not a trick question.
Read the opening thread-sentence.
You're an ex-phili, like me.
What would Ken see in this sentence?

The answer is in the question itself, but so often the obvious is completely overlooked.

If no-one gets it by Tuesday, I'll tell you.

Kind regards! Mark...

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@mark noble,

I have no idea.
Thanks.

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@Caroline,

Hi!

It doesn't have to be a pyramid - It can be anything.

When is a camel not a camel?

Mark...

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@Caroline,

Hi Caroline!

Here is the answer!

When is a "Pyramid" not a pyramid? Never!!! How can something that "IS" not be "What it is"?

All the best!
Mark...

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@mark noble,

Do you mean when you look at it from the top?

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@Homomorph,

Hi Homomorph!

I've missed you, my friend!

Doesn't really matter where you view it from, it's still what it is.

Have a fantasmagorical day!
Mark...

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@mark noble,

Oops. Didn't see the above post.

It seems the answer to many questions lie in the questions themselves, and the person asking them. Smile

Glad to detect you again. Smile

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@mark noble,

Ahh I get it, very funny.

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@mark noble,

mark noble wrote:

Here is the answer!

When is a "Pyramid" not a pyramid? Never!!! How can something that "IS" not be "What it is"?

Very clever. Lets explore the answer.

So the Great Pyramid of Giza, will never be in a state that it does not have the quality of being a pyramid. Is this what your answer is saying?

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@validity,

validity, You're jumping the gun; he's saying a pyramid will always be a pyramid - when it's a pyramid. He didn't say a pyramid can't change its form.

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@cicerone imposter,

Yes, that is what the question implies, but I smell a rat in the answer.

The rat is that I see the answer more suited to the question "Can a pyramid be anything other than a pyramid" not "When is a pyramid not a pyramid". For 'when' implies change i.e will a pyramid be a pyramid in another x years or was a pyramid a pyramid x years ago. We can not know if a pyramid will be a pyramid in another x years or if the pyramid was a pyramid x years ago...

should I have more coffee....

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@validity,

After several millennia common knowledge about shapes like the Giza Pyramids, they will always be known as pyramids even if their shapes changes a bit.

Take the Temple of Artemis as an example; nothing remains but a column, but people still remember it as one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World.

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@cicerone imposter,

cicerone imposter wrote:

they will always be known as pyramids even if their shapes changes a bit.

and if their shapes change alot, say to the point of being a cube, should they still be know as pyramids?

EDIT we are talking about pyramids in general ie the geometric componet.

cicerone imposter wrote:

Take the Temple of Artemis as an example; nothing remains but a column, but people still remember it as one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World.

A temple is not as easily defined as a pyramid. This example wont help this thread, other than forcing me to say the Temple of Artemis should be called the site on which the Temple of Artemis was built.

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