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Mate, shut up with the nonsense. There are many scientific concepts that originated in Asian/MiddleEastern civilizations that simply happen to have a European n

Mate, shut up with the nonsense. There are many scientific concepts that originated in Asian/MiddleEastern civilizations that simply happen to have a European name because the latter person popularized it in the West.

astronautjones 6y ago
the reason "politics" are so derided on this website is because these guys can't stop themselves from impulsively showing their true colors (and exposing the very endemic racism at hand in the process!) at the drop of a hat
- Thorentis 6y ago
  Please point out the racism in the comment you're talking about.
- Fasdfggw 6y ago
  Maybe, but I think an equally large problem is the habit people have of (i) dichotomizing every issue and (ii) simply painting another person as racist/horrible or otherwise socially unfit. No one can have a real conversation where this is the norm. Yes, this is a throwaway. Yes, I shouldn't do it. But frankly, it's the only way I would ever comment on something like this. Everyone involved in American culture war subjects is too toxic. Too many norms of debate about almost every topic are toxic. It'll be the end of your country if this continues.
  - Ar-Curunir 6y ago
    Really? The problem is people pointing out racism, and not the fact that the fabric of the country is woven from racism?
    - LudwigNagasena 6y ago
      The fabric of the country is indeed woven with racism. That’s why even people who think they “point out” racism are often very racist.
Thorentis 6y ago
Then those Asian and Middle Eastern countries are welcome to put up statues for those people. Nobody is stopping them. Would you like to give an example to back up your claim though? There is no statue in the US celebrating somebody for discovering the number zero, or gunpowder, or paper, or anything else I can think of that was brought over to the West. If you're saying we should never celebrate anybody that builds on the achievements of others, well then we shouldn't celebrate anything in science at all. All discovery and progress builds on the work of those that came before us.
LudwigNagasena 6y ago
What concepts are you talking about? Do you have examples? For example, as far as I know no one tried to make alcohol, algebra, algorithm distinctly European. In fact you can realize these words came from Middle East because all of them are prefixed with “al-“, Arabic for “the”.

astronautjones 6y ago

the reason "politics" are so derided on this website is because these guys can't stop themselves from impulsively showing their true colors (and exposing the very endemic racism at hand in the process!) at the drop of a hat

Thorentis 6y ago
Please point out the racism in the comment you're talking about.
Fasdfggw 6y ago
Maybe, but I think an equally large problem is the habit people have of (i) dichotomizing every issue and (ii) simply painting another person as racist/horrible or otherwise socially unfit. No one can have a real conversation where this is the norm. Yes, this is a throwaway. Yes, I shouldn't do it. But frankly, it's the only way I would ever comment on something like this. Everyone involved in American culture war subjects is too toxic. Too many norms of debate about almost every topic are toxic. It'll be the end of your country if this continues.
- Ar-Curunir 6y ago
  Really? The problem is people pointing out racism, and not the fact that the fabric of the country is woven from racism?
  - LudwigNagasena 6y ago
    The fabric of the country is indeed woven with racism. That’s why even people who think they “point out” racism are often very racist.

Thorentis 6y ago

Then those Asian and Middle Eastern countries are welcome to put up statues for those people. Nobody is stopping them. Would you like to give an example to back up your claim though? There is no statue in the US celebrating somebody for discovering the number zero, or gunpowder, or paper, or anything else I can think of that was brought over to the West. If you're saying we should never celebrate anybody that builds on the achievements of others, well then we shouldn't celebrate anything in science at all. All discovery and progress builds on the work of those that came before us.

LudwigNagasena 6y ago

What concepts are you talking about? Do you have examples? For example, as far as I know no one tried to make alcohol, algebra, algorithm distinctly European. In fact you can realize these words came from Middle East because all of them are prefixed with “al-“, Arabic for “the”.