{"article":{"__typename":"BlogArticle","id":"BlogArticle:2979","isTnfCompatible":true,"datePublished":"2008-03-14T22:15:10Z","title":"Pi eyed","slug":"pi-eyed","wordCount":49,"layout":"standard","isFreelance":false,"isPython3":true,"preview":null,"watsonInfo":{"topCategory":{"full":"/hobbies and interests/arts and crafts/knitting","one":"hobbies and interests","two":"arts and crafts","three":"knitting","four":null,"__typename":"WatsonTopCategory"},"categories":["/hobbies and interests/arts and crafts/knitting","/society/unrest and war","/travel"],"__typename":"WatsonInfo","keywords":["Circular arguments","things"]},"grapeshot":{"segments":["gs_society_misc","gs_society","pos_alcohol","pos_chasemarriott","pos_citibank","pos_creditcard","pos_disasters","pos_diseases","pos_disney_fxfargo","pos_ey","pos_facebook_safety","pos_hermes","pos_ibm","pos_mobkoi","pos_septembereleven","an_bankofamerica_negative","an_facebook_safe","an_fidelity_safe","an_jpmc_safe","an_ms_safe","ap_alfaromeo_safe","ap_bankofamerica_safe","ap_citi_banking_safe","ap_citi_hurricanes","ap_citi_injury","ap_citi_naacp_safe","ap_citi_sex_safe","ap_citi_transportation_safe","ap_facebook_infeed_safe","ap_facebook_safe","ap_fidelity_safe","ap_gwp","ap_jpmc_safe","ap_ms_safe","ap_netflix_israeli_safe","ap_texas_shooting_safe","general_safe_gv"],"__typename":"Grapeshot"},"editorialProject":null,"seoTitle":"Pi eyed","shareTitle":"Pi eyed","dek":"","shareDek":"","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2008/03/pi-eyed/2979/","ampUrl":"https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/2979/","fbiaUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/facebook-instant/article/2979/","canonicalUrl":"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2008/03/pi-eyed/2979/","hasMeter":true,"dateModified":"2013-07-17T19:23:24Z","shareImage2x1":null,"primaryChannel":{"displayName":"Business","__typename":"Channel","slug":"business"},"authors":[{"displayName":"Megan McArdle","socialMedia":[{"platform":"TWITTER","url":"https://twitter.com/asymmetricinfo","__typename":"SocialMedia"}],"__typename":"Author","id":"Author:825","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/author/megan-mcardle/","biography":{"default":"Megan McArdle is a columnist at Bloomberg View and a former senior editor at The Atlantic. Her new book is The Up Side of Down.","__typename":"Biography"}}],"channels":[{"slug":"business","__typename":"Channel"}],"primaryCategory":{"__typename":"Channel","displayName":"Business","url":"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/","slug":"business"},"reviews":[],"secondaryByline":"","shareImage1x1":null,"shareImage16x9":null,"shareImage4x3":null,"shareImageDefault":null,"shareImageSquareDefault":null,"shareImageLeadArt":null,"shareText":null,"content":[{"__typename":"ArticleParagraphContent","idAttr":"","subtype":null,"innerHtml":"The Reality-Based Community:"},{"__typename":"ArticleLegacyHtml","tagName":"BLOCKQUOTE","idAttr":"","className":"","style":"","innerHtml":"Today is March 14. Do something circular.

Circular arguments are always appropriate, and today would be an especially propitious day on which to prefer A to B, B to C, and C to A.

Just imagine how round things must have been on March 14, 1592."}],"categories":[],"leadArt":null,"embeds":[],"editorsNote":null,"advertisingInfo":{"disableHouseAd":false,"__typename":"AdvertisingInfo"}}}