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Aarrodri@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Look at Iran before and now. Irak before and now… there is a reason we have Arabic numerals. You don’t have to wait … look at how many advancements come for democratic vs undemocratic…

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FuglyDuck@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
For the record, the Arab world wasn’t always anti-science. It was religion that got them there.

Not all authoritarian regimes are anti-science. Some would be very interested in things for domestic use, it might be slower, and such, though.

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trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
We actually have Indian numerals, we just call them Arabic because those are the people we copied them from. That was more than a millennium ago though, so how is it relevant to OP’s question?

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