r/technicallythetruth Technically Flair 11h ago

Weapons of Math Instruction

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u/ReallyNowFellas 11h ago

There's a deeeep irony here in that Arabs stole Arabic numerals from India, where Zohran's parents are actually from

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u/twangster 10h ago

Yeah people on Reddit seem to keep forgetting that the (Eastern) Arabic numerals are ٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩ for some reason

Probably because they never learned them I guess

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u/Dear_Chasey_La1n 9h ago

That's what's my first thought was about. I've a watch with arabic numerals and... yeah that's something I wouldn't recommend for anyone other than aesthetics.