• IndustryStandard@lemmy.world
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    37 minutes ago

    Controversial opinion: What RFK jr said here is what every Western person is taught in school. The West has systemically erased any non-European achievement from its literature. Going as far as to rename prominent Muslim scholars such as Ibn Sinna and Ibn Rushd and give them names like Avicenna or Averroes.

    This is a way to indoctrinate studente of science by giving them the idea that all of modern science has originated from the West since all they see is Western names.

    What RFK jr says here is not a failure of his own education. It is what he has been indoctrinated with by the Western education system.

  • Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 hour ago

    This explains his misunderstanding of Science: Mathematics is a lot harder if you don’t use the number 0.

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    1 hour ago

    Why is anyone surprised when a stupid person says something stupid? If he said, “Quantified destruction is when a blood vessel is blocked, cells begin to die at an exponential, predictable rate. For example, during an acute ischemic stroke, the brain loses approximately 1.9 million neurons every minute while therapy is delayed,” that would be damned incredible.

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    3 hours ago

    Hey Bobert, you mean your Saudi friends right? They haven’t contributed shit to the sciences eventhough the family is worth trillions of dollars.

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        They literally saved Greek science and mathematics from extinction during the dark ages. Sure, Arabic mathematics had its mini dark age when they decided everything should be human words only to make it easier to understand for humans, then they realized that wasn’t the way to go.

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    8 hours ago

    What science or literature has Brainworms produced?

    All I see this asshat doing is trying to sabotage proven medicine we already have, set American research back decades, and generally carry on with the conservative project of trying to roll back the Enlightenment as whole.

    He can go fuck himself. It’s fine if he’s not producing science himself, but at the very least, he should get the fuck out of the way of those that can. Certainly, he should shut the fuck up about what others produce when he beclowns himself on the regular when he talks about science.

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    10 hours ago

    That was a painful watch.

    But lets break this down:

    His argument is that hatred, war, and victimization cause a reduction in contribution to science and literature.

    You asshole, quit pointing your fingers at others and start cleaning up your own damn house.

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      8 hours ago

      His argument is that hatred, war, and victimization cause a reduction in contribution to science and literature.

      I mean, in general, that’s not exactly wrong.

      But the fact that these stupid apes are the ones talking about anyone or anywhere else is so absurd, given they are actively carrying out actions causing a historic brain drain in America. Him making generic claims about 500M people is really quite a choice, given what a handful of dipshits like him in this administration are carrying out.

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      They invented a lot of math, including algebra and Arabic numerals (0123456789); so in that sense they gave us 0. However, the concept of 0 was independently invented many times; and as I understand it, the Arabs got the idea of 0 from the Hindus. Europe then got 0 from the Arabs.

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        A lot of lab equipment still used today was invented by the Arabs. If you’ve been in a chemistry lab, chances are you’ve used something they invented. Quite likely most of the things you used in the chemistry lab.

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    17 hours ago

    Just written language, math, and the basic foundation of scientific advancement. Without those things, the brain worm might have prevented us from having to deal with him.