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[–] 176 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Unsurprisingly, he doesn't know algebra

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  • [–] 112 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    You have to learn Arabic numerals fist.

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  • [–] 64 points 1 week ago* (7 children)

    Uh what? lol.

    Apparently, this satirical news: Mamdani to introduce rules requiring schools to teach 'Arabic numerals' pissed a bunch of people off.

    It’s ridiculous, obviously, but some people are far more racist than rational.

    Where the absolute blue fuck do these people think mathematics came from? I’ll wait.

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  • [–] 54 points 1 week ago (5 children)

    GET THE ARABIC NUMERALS OUT OF OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM

    -Some of them. Actually.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    "It's time to go back to runes!"

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  • [–] 87 points 1 week ago* (11 children)

    From: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-health-chief-rfk-jr-faces-widespread-rebuke-over-his-anti-arab-remarks-2026-10-27/

    "There's 500 million Arabs in the world, and yet they don't produce science, they don't win the Nobel Prize, they don't win the Fields prize, they don't win ⁠the Wolf Prize, they don't produce literature," the US health chief said.

    Arabs have won all those prizes. Peter Hotez, who is a professor at the Baylor College of Medicine and specializes in vaccine development and tropical medicine, said his late colleague, Nobel Prize winner Ahmed Zewail, who was Arab and died in 2016, "would disagree" with the US health chief's comments.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    they don't win ⁠the Wolf Prize

    Almost sure it's true

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  • [–] 42 points 1 week ago

    He really is up there with some of the dumbest people ever

    Mesopotamia is known as the "cradle of civilization" and made significant contributions to science and technology, including the invention of writing, mathematics, and advanced irrigation systems. They also developed early astronomy and created the first calendar based on lunar cycles.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 week ago

    Jesus fucking christ he’s embarrassing.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Love when the cult of the antivaxxed hold this guy up as their best and brightest, just the dumb leading the dumber.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 week ago

    It's almost like conservatives are dumb as fuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 week ago

    So... algebra, alchemy, algorithms, all that cool stuff that kind of formed the building blocks of modern science and math are just... what, fantasy concepts?

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  • [–] 16 points 1 week ago* (2 children)

    Fuck you. I can easily name Al-Battani who’s work contributed to the development of science in the 10th century.

    EDIT: Yes, I can only name them thanks to Star Trek, but the point stands!

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  • [–] 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

    If someone wants to show how wrong he is about Arabs not winning Nobel prizes it's better to name modern day Arab Nobel prize laureates like Ahmed Hassan Zewail, Naguib Mahfouz or Omar Mwannes Yaghi than to talk about Arabic numerals or algebra. Just saying.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 week ago

    OMFG…🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

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  • [–] 11 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    I thought this was the onion. This is real? What's the opposite of eating the onion? Crying?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 week ago

    Brainworm asshole spouts more lies.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 week ago

    Its really surprising to hear him say that, considering how deep his boss is in the pockets of the Saudi Royal family....

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  • [–] 8 points 1 week ago

    Also, we need to stop teaching Arabic numbers in school! /s

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  • [–] 7 points 1 week ago

    What. A. Stupid. Piece. Of. Shit.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Since when is Jr. Interested in science?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 week ago

    i don't see it because my head is up my butt, therefore it doesn't exist

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago

    I mean, it’s hard to focus on formulas when you are bombed every now and then

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  • Dammit. Who the hell wrote all this stuff then? What a massive coverup!

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    AI, please write us a song about chopping a dead raccoon's penis and saving it for later.... For sure nobody has one out yet and it really should be at the top of the chart.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago

    I hate that toad

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    It’s challenging on conceive thoughts without working brain cells.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    None! Zero!

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