Originally posted by Umfriend
Dogbert, congratulations. I think a lot of them were born and lived in Europe and the US. So either they have learned a lot from the christian surroundings, or they have contributed to the esteem of Europe and the US. In both cases, clear examples of where integration and cross fertilisation (you could know what I mean) gets ppl. Also, their background comes from well developed countries, or at least richer countries than Muslim countries were, say 100 years ago. They'll need time to catch up, and if they directed them petro dollats to goo ends, it might not be that long. Indians will be faster methinks, maybe chinese as well.
The last "Jewish" contribution to math, AFAIK, is the estimation of PI at 3...
Umf
Dogbert, congratulations. I think a lot of them were born and lived in Europe and the US. So either they have learned a lot from the christian surroundings, or they have contributed to the esteem of Europe and the US. In both cases, clear examples of where integration and cross fertilisation (you could know what I mean) gets ppl. Also, their background comes from well developed countries, or at least richer countries than Muslim countries were, say 100 years ago. They'll need time to catch up, and if they directed them petro dollats to goo ends, it might not be that long. Indians will be faster methinks, maybe chinese as well.
The last "Jewish" contribution to math, AFAIK, is the estimation of PI at 3...

Umf
About the Indians, well they already contributed quite a lot to our world by inventing / discovering the "0" among other things.
Indians, Koreans and others are currently rushing ahead to be at the front lines of technology. China on the other hand is problematic with all their blocking of information among other things. The Arab countries ? I don't see it happening anytime soon. Turkey is a good possibility and Lebanon would have been a great candidate if not for all the turmoil there. I've never seen any Arab technology being exported. Have you ?
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