Anti-Islam film causes multiple diplomatic mission attacks

[Lionel Valdes]

Kirgiz I don't know if your post is sarcastic but Arabs did create the numbers we use today.

[Arslan]

The Greek.

who told you the greek made Algebra? much of maths such as Algebra was created by the arabs. Algebra itself is an Arabic word. These are known facts...
If anyone here has studied history they would know most of the science knowledge and much of maths was taken from the arabs alot of development was done at the time of the Arab empire in medicine. Chemistry is another subject which was mostly developed  at the time of the arab empire All this work was taken from Arab countries by the western world. At the time when the Arab world was progressing the western world was declining very fast as people lost all knowledge and these time are labled by historians today as he dark ages or the Black period. 1348 the Black death killing million of people due to lack of knowledge and public health.

All this knowledge was stolen from the Arab world.

This is history which is taught in high school courses of the UK and i dont think that they are false.

[Nathan]

This is history which is taught in high school courses of the UK and i dont think that they are false.

Taught in the US High Schools too.

[Dave]

Diopahtus, a Greek Mathematician has been hailed as the creator of Algebra for years....it's only recently that there's been debate whether this is legitimate or not.

The roots of Mathematics itself can be traced way back to Babylonian times, this includes basic calculus, fractions, quadratic and cubic equation. It can also be seen as the base of Pythagorean theorem. Basic Algebraic methods can also be traced back to this time period too.

[Arslan]

Diopahtus, a Greek Mathematician has been hailed as the creator of Algebra for years....it's only recently that there's been debate whether this is legitimate or not.

there is no debate. These are facts. If any of you people go to universities or colleges I suggest you ask your professors.

[Dave]

there is no debate. These are facts. If any of you people go to universities or colleges I suggest you ask your professors.

Facts? Sources please. I am also quite confident if I were to ask my games dev lecturer about Mathematical theorem he wouldn't know where to start.

The creators of Algebra were the Babylonians, as with many Mathematical theorems. Fact.

[Arslan]

you ask about sources.. you serious?

go look in any history book created by world top universities such as Cambridge or Oxford or any book for that matter and you'll find it.

btw did you go college?

[Dave]

you ask about sources.. you serious?

go look in any history book created by world top universities such as Cambridge or Oxford or any book for that matter and you'll find it.

btw did you go college?

The creators of Algebra were the Babylonians, as with many Mathematical theorems. Fact.

Yes, I did in fact.

... any history book created by world top universities such as Cambridge or Oxford

Cambridge and Oxford are the standard are they?

[Arslan]

it doesn't look like it because if you did you would have been taught this.

There's actually no point even answering you because you have no idea what your talking about.

[Devin]

A discussion about a "film" turns into a discussion about algebra...  :trust:

[Dave]

it doesn't look like it because if you did you would have been taught this.

Funnily enough when going to "college" from where I come we choose selective specialisation courses, not an overview of all subjects. Please don't assume that all colleges are the same as they are where you come from.

There's actually no point even answering you because you have no idea what your talking about.

And you do? It's quite funny seeing someone not being able to think up an answer in reply to something as simple as this:

The creators of Algebra were the Babylonians, as with many Mathematical theorems. Fact.

Anyway, back on topic. It seems the French have joined the firing line next to America after a magazine published a comic within one of it's issues mocking this whole situation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19646748

[Arslan]

dude..

the Babylonians are a bloody ancient civilisation who didn't even have paper. they could have used some *sort* of Algebra methods meaning some ways of solving problems. but what you use today was all invented and developed by the Arabs. the word Algebra was created by the arabs. and its a Arabian word.
just to let you know A fact is something which is proven. All this history is recorded and written.

also i see you posted a link of the BBC. you should check this out too.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/islamic-mathematics-and-the-invention-of-algebra/11268.html

[Dave]

dude..

the Babylonians are a bloody ancient civilisation who didn't even have paper. they could have used some *sort* of Algebra methods meaning some ways of solving problems. but what you use today was all invented and developed by the Arabs. the word Algebra was created by the arabs.

Shows how much you know about Babylonian history to just dismiss the whole topic. Just because a civilisation does not have paper does not mean it can't create any sort of mathematical theorem. Most theorem today is developed from Babylonian  methods.

Just because history is recorded and written does not make it the complete truth. History can be twisted through the ages to match the times, it can be lost in translation and sometimes blown out of proportion. North Korea has history, do you believe everything that they claim to have done within their recorded history? Do you believe that everything recorded in the history books of today are unarguable facts and that everything that took place between now and the start of recorded history, ever single event, happened exactly word by word to what is written within these books? If a book can prove that whatever is written within it's pages actually happened, I'll go ahead and say that I believe that the events of J.R.R Tolkien's works actually happened.

[Arslan]

I was pointing the fact out that When you SAY its a FACT how do you prove it!

[Devin]

Cavemen never had guns or lighters yet they still caught their food and cooked it.