@hollowearthterf Probably people focus on women more because more men commit heinous acts, so there are more heinous criminals that are also targets of attraction from women.
@JacobL1994_ Two of my grandparents (and 6-8 of my great-grandparents) are from Pakistani Punjab. I want to see where they grew up, which is all but impossible because of current Indo-Pak relations. I have Pakistani friends whose weddings I can't go to. We are the same people.
@jack_whitcomb_@mean_field_zane It's well-known that most polling talent in politics is private (campaign analysts and consultants). Also there are famous stories of weather forecasting teams in top HFs that beat out govt. Some prop shops and HFs definitely have election models that are way better than NS.
@theoluminati Politicians in the US aren't motivated by money. They are motivated by (a) power or (b) the ability to "do good," both of which evaporate upon leaving office. Only wealth stays.
@XanManson@DerekPederson3 I don't think we will agree on Byzantium.
I thought you meant they studied Aristotle in Greek, which they did not from 500 to 1200. But yes, they 100% spoke, wrote and studied Greek.
@SimonDaedalus@DerekPederson3 Al-Khwarizmi is the preeminent Islamic mathematician, but there absolutely are others.
I agree that Averroes and Avicenna did not do science.