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    5 days ago

    In addition to that, there’s a tendency in mathematics to name a formula or theorem after the mathematician that discovered them if they are of western origin, meanwhile discoveries by arab/muslim/non-western academics are often referred to by a name that conceals the identity of the person behind them.

    It may be a small thing, but it definitely skews the perception around scientific progress in a eurocentric direction, willingly or not lending support to ideas of superiority of some ethnicities over others.