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Science Memes @mander.xyz BB84 @mander.xyz 5 mo. ago

the final boss after you clear Donald Knuth

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As a general rule any English word even vaguely related to science that starts with "al" was invented by some nerd in Bagdhad in 1084 ad
- Alcohol "is a medieval loan from Arabic al-kuḥl, a powdered ore of antimony used since antiquity as a cosmetic, and retained that meaning in Middle Latin."
  
  and then alcohol ended up getting loaned back into arabic as (al-)kuḥūl
- Algebra being another biggie
  
  alchemy, algebra, alkahest, al anon, al-aska, al-abama,
- khorezm was in central asia though
Dr. John Computers, inventor of computers
It wasn't Al Gore dancing to the rhythm!? My intro to CS class lied to me!
Meanwhile Americans decry the subversive influence of Hindu-Arabic numbers
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- Damn 825 AD wokes couldn't even leave math alone.

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