Did Mish Get Washed Away?

[vashti]

Not to turn it into a full-blown religious discussion, but did anyone else hear about the news that the pope recently acknowledged that the big bang created the universe? And it all still works out because god created the big bang in the first place.

If you can't fight 'em, join 'em

Eh, Kabbalah has been saying that since the 1500s, only they call it "Tzim-Tzum", and was described in much more mystical language.

[the_robot]

That doesn't sound strange, considering that one of the co-founders of the big bang theory was a catholic priest [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Lema%C3%AEtre]Georges Lemaître - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url]

Yeah, Einstein himself had a little trouble with the evidence he found showing the universe expansion because it lead to believe the big bang theory the most likely one to explain the universe's creation..

[KingZ]

Eh, Kabbalah has been saying that since the 1500s, only they call it "Tzim-Tzum", and was described in much more mystical language.

Whatever. The Jews have always been dumb. Their best original contribution is matzo, which is Hebrew for "cardboard".

[Sonrisa]

^^^ besides music, literature and movies?

[vashti]

^^^ besides music, literature and movies?

don't forget medicine and technology.

Whatever. The Jews have always been dumb. Their best original contribution is matzo, which is Hebrew for "cardboard".

Actually, it's Hebrew for "Arab trolls".

[KingZ]

^^^ besides music, literature and movies?

Useless. Arabs came up with Algebra. Too advanced for you to comprehend.

[vashti]

Useless. Arabs came up with Algebra. .

Lies. But I think the Arabs DID invent exaggeration.

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebra]Algebra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/url]

[KingZ]

Lies.

The word Algebra is derived from the Arabic word Al-Jabr, and this comes from the treatise written in 820 by the Muslim Persian mathematician, Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, entitled, in Arabic, كتاب الجبر والمقابلة or Kitāb al-muḫtaṣar fī ḥisāb al-ğabr wa-l-muqābala, which can be translated as The Compendious Book on Calculation by Completion and Balancing.

Does that look like Hebrew or Greek to you? Jews can't make anything look that pretty.

[vashti]

Nice try, Nick. I really <3 you Arabs. You are so entertaining.

Taken in context, the source I cited writes:

While the word algebra comes from the Arabic language (al-jabr, الجبر literally, restoration) and much of its methods from Arabic/Islamic mathematics, its roots can be traced to earlier traditions, most notably ancient Indian mathematics,

[KingZ]

While the word algebra comes from the Arabic language (al-jabr, الجبر literally, restoration) and much of its methods from Arabic/Islamic mathematics, its roots can be traced to earlier traditions, most notably ancient Indian mathematics,

This is the source used by Wikipedia to make that statement: [url]http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/4107/print[/url]

You mean to tell me that because Indians knew how to add, subtract, and multiply by base 10, Indians made Algebra?

Clearly too complicated for even a pseudo-Jew to understand.

[Lipp]

So, one paragraph below that.

The roots of algebra can be traced to the ancient Babylonians,[6] who developed an advanced arithmetical system with which they were able to do calculations in an algorithmic fashion.

6. ^ Struik, Dirk J. (1987). A Concise History of Mathematics. New York: Dover Publications.

Dirk Jan Struik (September 30, 1894 – October 21, 2000) was a Dutch mathematician ... while continuing his research on the history of mathematics. He was made full professor at MIT in 1940.

Trumphs a conservative online journal.

And then.

Indian Mathematics

Indian mathematics emerged in the Indian subcontinent[1] from 1200 BCE [2] until the end of the 18th century.

Babylonian mathematics

In respect of time they fall in two distinct groups: one from the Old Babylonian period (1830-1531 BC).

Its all a matter of how simplified you want to make it Now whether the Babylonians were considered Arabs, I would guess so, but not completely certain.

[the_robot]

Is this an argument about Arabs vs Jews?

That's a waste of time, everyone knows the best race is robots.

[Petit Papillon]

Oh I'm not so sure Robot. In the end , the great (the greatest ) Papillonians invented a new part of maths - The Squirrel !

Two dogs strive for a bone and the third runs away with it <PP running away with the bone>

[vashti]

Is this an argument about Arabs vs Jews?

That's a waste of time, everyone knows the best race is robots.

And female robots > male robots.

[doppelgaenger]

Einstein was a Jew.

My favorite Jew of all time was [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Klemperer"]Victor Klemperer[/URL], though.