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by ybinator604g3 1145 days ago
The other day I was watching Neil deGrasse Tyson on Joe Rogan show and he was talking about Islamic Science and how Algebra, Astronomy, etc. come from Islam. I was baffled as an Iranian. I get that there is this anti muslim rhetoric lurking around and these people are trying to fight it. I assume they are well intentioned but in doing so they are doing the same thing that they advocate against.

But I like your point of view.
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agumonkey 1145 days ago
Seems like a lot of reknowned arab thinkers were from the most eastern parts of the arab empire (aka persia). Al Kwarhizmi was born near what is current uzbekistan IIRC.
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andrepd 1145 days ago
Ah the famous historians Neil deGrasse Tyson and Joe Rogan...

Better to head to /r/askhistorians with those kinds of questions.

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mkoubaa 1145 days ago
How dare they, the arrogant fools, talk to each other

/s

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andrepd 1145 days ago
Surely I can also talk about aircraft design or Sanskrit, but nobody will pay attention or base their opinions on that, right?
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