I don’t think we give medieval Muslims enough credit. Like medieval math was a categorical mess with the majority of it containing random bases with damn near no theory or cohesive understanding of what it is outside of “I have this much grain and that can, theoretically, be worth this much which is marginally more than what I have right now I think?”
These dudes loved Allah so much that they essentially invented math just so that they could continue to worship and pray - that’s honestly one of the most beautiful act of worship and devotion in history and I don’t think it’s given nearly enough credit.
like, sure, they invented a ton of math in the process, but also, they hacked the earth’s magnetic field to locate Mecca. Let’s revel in that over-achievement for a bit.
#Humans will pack-bond with goddamn anything up to and including weather formations
Humans: Isn’t it charming and quaint how our ancestors gave spirits and personalities and godhoods to everything around them. Their primitive, unenlightened eyes must have seen things so differently to us, wise in their own way.
Also humans: That cloud group is named Hector and he likes to hang out at the beach for half of the year.
