Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Wed, 30 Oct 2024 18:33:03 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

We will descend into near barbarism under Islam ...

 
Just a note that Islam played its part in propagating the culture of
learning inherited from the ancient Greeks, back when the Christians’ idea
of “learning” was making elaborately-illuminated copies of their holy
books.
 

Yes, they used to have an actual civilization,  but they apparently trashed
it somewhere along the line. I’m still not impressed with the nouveau riche
middle eastern countries. They have essentially the Trump version of
culture. Talk to me when the have art and music, and science that isn’t
derivative.

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Pete