> Also, the Arab world is arguably worse off... Invented much of math This is historically not true. Sure we get terms like "algebra", "algorithm", etc from th

> Also, the Arab world is arguably worse off... Invented much of math This is historically not true. Sure we get terms like "algebra", "algorithm", etc from the arab world, but the arab world didn't invent these mathematics ideas/fields. These ideas/fields go back to the mesopotamia and ancient greece. Also, the mathematical concepts developed throughout china, india, etc also. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_algebra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_algebra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm Certainly the arab world made contributions to math but they certainly didn't invent most of math. > and is now dominated by ascientific theocracies Even during the islamic golden age, it was dominated by "ascientific" theocracies. One doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the other.