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"The tracing of zero’s heritage has been elusive. For a country to be able to claim the number’s origin would provide a sense of ownership and determine a sourc
by fleddr 4y ago
"The tracing of zero’s heritage has been elusive. For a country to be able to claim the number’s origin would provide a sense of ownership and determine a source of great nationalistic pride."
As seen in some of the comments below. As if they personally made it possible. It's like your country winning a sports tournament and claiming that "WE" won. No, you didn't. You just watched it.
- Bost 4y agoAlmost. Behind "WE/US" is the society which builds and runs sports facilities (operating quite often at loss) implements sport education programmes for children and youth etc. So, no it is us being represented by the few talented ones.
- Abishek_Muthian 4y agoYeah, Because Nationalism across the world is all time low! Besides, The two main contenders for the title from Cambodia and Indonesia have stone inscriptions with 'Zero' for the 'Saka' calendar year; So even if the inscriptions are older, The origin of zero likely points to somewhere in Indian subcontinent of Saka Era. The author seems to conflate between 'Origin of zero' and 'Latest evidence for oldest occurrence of zero'. I don't think professors dealing with Epigraphy, Philology (or) Archeology can make such a mistake unless writing a click-bait article with misleading content was the goal.