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[โ€“] dannym@lemmy.escapebigtech.info 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Well, if you want to get all mathemagical about it, a horsey moves as a mash-up of:

formula because lemmy doesn't do latex

That's right, horses move by doing what's known as the vector dance, in any direction they please. Checkmate, math style! ๐Ÿด

and if you look closely that looks like the kanji for ground ๅœŸ twice, so you know that they can't fly

[โ€“] lugal@sopuli.xyz 11 points 9 months ago

I'm not a mathematician but that vector looks imaginary to me. Face it, it's not true. Someone made it up.