34. CPS Geometry - What is Wrong with the Cartesian Plane?

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The analytical geometry, introduced by Descartes, has changed the direction, the interpretation and the understanding of math and science in a very fundamental and dramatic way.

By associating an orthogonal coordinate system of axes to the Euclidean plane, the geometrical point is reduced to an order pair of numbers.

These days, without any understanding or logical justification, the Cartesian methods are applied with no restriction to almost everything.

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