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Similar incident - a man doing math: https://stactivist.com/2016/05/12/equations-on-an-airplane/ https://stactivist.com/2016/05/12/equations-on-an-airplane/
by azuajef 10y ago
Similar incident - a man doing math: https://stactivist.com/2016/05/12/equations-on-an-airplane/ https://stactivist.com/2016/05/12/equations-on-an-airplane/
- walrus01 10y agoby that logic - algebra is a word from arabic, al jabr, if you follow it to its ultimate conclusion of somebody with a racist myopic worldview, arabic = desert and camels and guys with swords = terrorism = ISIS
- anexprogrammer 10y agoKeep going... Lock up everyone who uses those radical Arabic numerals then?
- gilleain 10y agoAlso chemistry/alchemy comes (sortof) from the Arabic "al-kīmiyā" - or further back, from the Egyptian name for Egypt. So any chemist reading books on "Free Radicals" should be questioned immediately!
- walrus01 10y agolet's ban elephants while we're at it, since elephant is derived from the arabic "al feel". Also Giraffes, arabic "zarafa"
- peterkelly 10y agoI thought the recent Onion article "Encouraging New Study Indicates Majority Of U.S. Students Can Now Recognize Math" was satire... but perhaps sadly it isn't as far-fetched as it seems. http://www.theonion.com/article/encouraging-new-study-indicates-majority-us-studen-53392 http://www.theonion.com/article/encouraging-new-study-indica...