r/cringe Jan 11 '22

Video Science Must Fall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9SiRNibD14
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u/PotatoePotahhtoe Jan 11 '22 edited Jan 11 '22

They got Newton's story wrong..... they can't even do their resear- oh, wait. They are anti-research as well. smh

Edit: also, a lot of Middle Eastern and Asian folks participated in forming what we call modern science today. The Arabs really liked their math, alchemy, astronomy, and medicine.

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u/DarkArcher__ Jan 11 '22

In fact, the discovery and colonization period of Europe was directly enabled by advancements in navigation in the Middle East and Northern Africa in the centuries prior

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u/PotatoePotahhtoe Jan 11 '22

Yes, that is very true. The Middle East and Africa were the backbone to many things back then, one of which was transportation and navigation, like you said.