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I’m dead serious: a lot of navigation instruments and maths that enabled the Portuguese discoveries were learned from the Arabs next door. Why I’m being downvo
by DrNosferatu 3y ago
I’m dead serious: a lot of navigation instruments and maths that enabled the Portuguese discoveries were learned from the Arabs next door.
Why I’m being downvoted, I would risk it’s because HN can’t handle the tiniest bit of tongue in cheek…
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> a lot of navigation instruments and maths that enabled the Portuguese discoveries were learned from the Arabs next door And a lot of Islamic mathematics and science were based on the work of the Greeks. Adapting knowledge isn't stealing it. Paritcularly when we're discussing two colonial powers, where "stealing" is a directly applicable term. > because HN can’t handle the tiniest bit of tongue in cheek HN upvotes jokes when they're good. Insubstantive and not funny, on the other hand, no.
- DrNosferatu 3y agoCalm down - I’m just using a metaphor to point out a relevant historic fact. No judgement of value whatsoever implied in either direction.