Talk:Distance
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Could somebody who knows how please write out the distance formula in symbols, too, just for clarity? I read the last paragraph a couple of times before I realized that it was talking about the formula I know :) Dreamyshade
I split proxemics and propinquity into separate articles. When people are looking for 'proxemics' they will likely be surprised to see a page about geometrical distance. Ditto for 'propinquity' -- I study both mathematics and psychology, and propinquity is a major topic in social psychology, but I have never heard it used in geometry.
--Johnkarp 11:11, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)
removed not well-explained and unhelpful paragraph
I removed the following text from distance
I found it unclear. Oleg Alexandrov 22:20, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
OK, you are writing at the very beginning of the time article:
I am not sure this is a proper characterisation of time. I am not sure time and distance can be compared in that way. I am not sure you what you mean by interval in this sentence. I cannot even say that what you wrote is incorrect, I think it is ambiguous and confusing. Would you clarify me please? Oleg Alexandrov 22:14, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
- An excellent point - I see the circularity in interval. I had just retained the word from a previous edit. Try:
- Time is one sort of separation between things or events, distance being the other..
- Failing that, I'm open to your suggestions. Banno 22:48, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
- This sentence is true. But I do not think it is so important or so releveant as to be the very first sentence in either the distance article or in the time article. Oleg Alexandrov 23:37, 31 May 2005 (UTC)