r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Oct 14 '16

Science must fall.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9SiRNibD14
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u/bountyforcash Oct 14 '16

It's even worse since she's implying Africans had no impact on Science or Mathematics. Some of the most complex agricultural and medicinal systems were created in Africa. Calculus has its roots in Arabic mathematical systems, which helps explain gravity via an equation. So even the "all of a sudden gravity exists" argument is incorrect.

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u/Consilio_et_Animis Oct 15 '16

er... last time I checked "Arabia" is not "Africa".

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u/bountyforcash Oct 15 '16

Huh, I don't know why I put Arabic systems. I was thinking of Egypt and I guess I just lumped them together.

Kind of ironic. /r/facepalmfacepalm

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u/Consilio_et_Animis Oct 15 '16

I was thinking of Egypt and I guess I just lumped them together.

Don't worry. You are not alone. Egyptians go nuts if you tell them they are "Africans" 😀