Re: Another Stupid Peace Initiative for Israel/Arabs
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I don't know, maybe 5% of the Jewish contribution?
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Eh. For several centuries, Europe was a backwards shithole and the Muslim world was where most math/astronomy was developed, AFAIK.
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Yeah, his statement is seriously messed up. The Arabs were focusing on math and science while Europeans were focusing on crusades, inquisitions, and church dogma. If I remember correctly they created the number representation for zero. They had a profound effect on math and science.
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Ok, let's play a little game. For every world-class Muslim/Arab mathematician you name, I'll list ten Jewish.
GO.
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Current? Historic? What constitutes a world class mathematician? And more importantly what the hell is the point?
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