Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

I was an ancient Greek mathematician and mystic. I had a colorful, if somewhat obscure, early life in the eastern Mediterranean before I founded a religious and philosophical society in Croton based around mathematics. I swore all of my followers to strict secrecy, so it SHOCKS me that anything leaked out. Now everyone knows me for a little theorem about right triangles. I didn't even discover it; the Babylonians beat me to it by 1000 years. Who am I?

  1. Socrates

  2. Pythagoras

  3. Anaximander

  4. Thales
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The description matches Pythagoras, who founded a religious and philosophical society in Croton that emphasized mathematical study and secrecy. While famous for the theorem a²+b²=c², historical evidence suggests the Babylonians knew this relationship a millennium earlier.

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