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[–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 174 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Unsurprisingly, he doesn't know algebra

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 114 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You have to learn Arabic numerals fist.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago

That's exactly what Barack Hussein Obama would want you to do!

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I will only learn the american ones.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

...so I told that dumbass (most people don't know there's a B in dumb) kindergarten teacher: "I don't need to learn no alphabet. The only letters I need to know are U, S, and A!"

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 day ago

Unsurprisingly, he doesn't know shit.

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago

You mean Al-jabr

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 86 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (8 children)

From: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-health-chief-rfk-jr-faces-widespread-rebuke-over-his-anti-arab-remarks-2026-10-27/

"There's 500 million Arabs in the world, and yet they don't produce science, they don't win the Nobel Prize, they don't win the Fields prize, they don't win ⁠the Wolf Prize, they don't produce literature," the US health chief said.

Arabs have won all those prizes. Peter Hotez, who is a professor at the Baylor College of Medicine and specializes in vaccine development and tropical medicine, said his late colleague, Nobel Prize winner Ahmed Zewail, who was Arab and died in 2016, "would disagree" with the US health chief's comments.

[–] mrmisses@lemmy.world 73 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 day ago

Worse, he's a Nazi racist, complete with eugenics obsession.

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Give him some credit. He's a fucking moron, too

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 43 points 1 day ago

2025 Chemistry Nobel Winner was from Jordan.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Since 2015 we don't hide our racism anymore! I mean of course we say we aren't racist, but every other thing is okay to say.

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[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Bold of him to being up the Nobel Prize. When his boss hears that term he instantly throws a full-on toddler hissy fit.

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[–] foggy@lemmy.world 55 points 1 day ago (2 children)

GET THE ARABIC NUMERALS OUT OF OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM

-Some of them. Actually.

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

Along with the pronouns

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"It's time to go back to runes!"

[–] CrimeIsLegalNow@ani.social 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The funny thing about runes is they're based on the Roman alphabet.

Those shit eating barbarians didn't discover writing until it was forced on them by Mediterranean cultures~

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

IT WAS A ROMAN SALUTE 🫡

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[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 62 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Uh what? lol.

Apparently, this satirical news: Mamdani to introduce rules requiring schools to teach 'Arabic numerals' pissed a bunch of people off.

It’s ridiculous, obviously, but some people are far more racist than rational.

Where the absolute blue fuck do these people think mathematics came from? I’ll wait.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Blue-eyed, blond-haired American Jesus.

[–] maxthemummer@lemmus.org 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I heard Trump talked about wanting to change "Arabic Numerals" to "American Numerals."

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

Ffs don’t say that out loud.

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.today 22 points 1 day ago

It's almost like conservatives are dumb as fuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

Jesus fucking christ he’s embarrassing.

So... algebra, alchemy, algorithms, all that cool stuff that kind of formed the building blocks of modern science and math are just... what, fantasy concepts?

[–] BuckFutter@timeyak.com 40 points 1 day ago

He really is up there with some of the dumbest people ever

Mesopotamia is known as the "cradle of civilization" and made significant contributions to science and technology, including the invention of writing, mathematics, and advanced irrigation systems. They also developed early astronomy and created the first calendar based on lunar cycles.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

If someone wants to show how wrong he is about Arabs not winning Nobel prizes it's better to name modern day Arab Nobel prize laureates like Ahmed Hassan Zewail, Naguib Mahfouz or Omar Mwannes Yaghi than to talk about Arabic numerals or algebra. Just saying.

[–] DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Love when the cult of the antivaxxed hold this guy up as their best and brightest, just the dumb leading the dumber.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ow! I stabbed out both my eyes for god! Follow me to the truth!

Its really surprising to hear him say that, considering how deep his boss is in the pockets of the Saudi Royal family....

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Also, we need to stop teaching Arabic numbers in school! /s

[–] Wataba@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

Brainworm asshole spouts more lies.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Fuck you. I can easily name Al-Battani who’s work contributed to the development of science in the 10th century.

EDIT: Yes, I can only name them thanks to Star Trek, but the point stands!

[–] zarathustrad@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Careful, they have labeled Al-gebra a terrorist organization.

The concept of zero is a woke mind virus.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I thought this was the onion. This is real? What's the opposite of eating the onion? Crying?

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Reverse Poe's Law

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[–] TryingToBeGood@reddthat.com 11 points 1 day ago

OMFG…🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[–] UpAndAtThem@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

What. A. Stupid. Piece. Of. Shit.

Dammit. Who the hell wrote all this stuff then? What a massive coverup!

[–] MushuChupacabra@piefed.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Since when is Jr. Interested in science?

[–] Phil_in_here@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

Since he cut off his first roadkill penis

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

i don't see it because my head is up my butt, therefore it doesn't exist

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