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- Paper - Books from various ancient cultures, annotated - Scientific method - Free market economy - Higher education - Philosophical reforms of the church
by 29athrowaway 5y ago
- Paper
- Books from various ancient cultures, annotated
- Scientific method
- Free market economy
- Higher education
- Philosophical reforms of the church
- Music theory
It is not just math. Just because you hate a group of people does not automatically erase their contributions to humanity.
When you say "westernized", you should analyze better what that really means. What you call "western" starts in Al-Andalus.
Oxford and Cambridge in Britain would not exist if it wasn't for Saint Albertus Magnus, whose life work was bootstrapping the British higher education system from Arabic translations to Latin.
Without translations from Toledo there would be no Albertus Magnus, no Saint Thomas Aquinas, no Isaac Barrow, no Isaac Newton, no Michael Faraday. You would likely not be using a computer today.
And in fact, it is likely that you, yourself, would not exist. Because the reason you exist is due to a series a scientific breakthroughs that made it possible to sustain population in your area.
- whitefirered 5y ago>Just because you hate a group of people does not automatically erase their contributions to humanity. Maybe you should do a bit of self-reflection and realize us infidels have contributed a lot more than the vague crap you are spewing on about.
- whitefirered 5y agoBy the logic you are spouting the stone wheel is more important, than the invention of the internal combustion engine.
- 29athrowaway 5y agoIn an internal combustion engine, you have a crankshaft. Who invented the crankshaft? Al-Jazari. If the Siege of Baghdad hadn't happened, the Industrial revolution would have happened in 1400 AD.
- whitefirered 5y agoAbsolutely ridiculous, you cannot apply the butterfly effect to everything.
- whitefirered 5y agoBy the way I found it hilarious how you assume I hate Muslims. I guess hate is pointing out a simple fact the most religion is rooted in Sexism and Violence, especially your religion. I know it is such a hard pill to swallow. Probably harder than the feelings your prophet has for 12 year olds.
- 29athrowaway 5y agoI never said it was my religion. I just acknowledge history and give credit where it is due. What I say is rooted in solid and verifiable historical facts. The Islamic culture defeated by the mongols was different to the one that developed after. What came later was much more militaristic and less tolerant of science.
- whitefirered 5y agoSay you are a Muslim without saying you are a Muslim. You clearly didn't read what I said.
- whitefirered 5y agoWhat you said is rooted in very vague facts. Lewis Latimer created a more durable affordable filament, now all of a sudden he invented the light bulb.
- dang 5y agoWe've banned this account. Religious flamewar is not allowed here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- whitefirered 5y agoSo apparently pointing out ridiculous claims is starting a religious flame war.