Sad stories of science/education/math

Something similar happened to the Muslims though. I believe the Library of Alexandria was burned down by the Christians too. If it wasn't burned down, we could've been on the moon way earlier.

>>9143106
>Implying all those commentaries on the Iliad would make good rocket fuel

This one time back in the day, religion made scientific progress halt for hundreds of years lmao by like killing people n stuff

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Baghdad_(1258)
>The Grand Library of Baghdad, containing countless precious historical documents and books on subjects ranging from medicine to astronomy, was destroyed. Survivors said that the waters of the Tigris ran black with ink from the enormous quantities of books flung into the river and red from the blood of the scientists and philosophers killed
>The Mongols looted and then destroyed mosques, palaces, libraries, and hospitals. Grand buildings that had been the work of generations were burned to the ground.

>>9143415
>Mongols

>>9143106
Holy shit you're fucking retarded

>>9143418
Think about where we would've been if science wasn't halted for about a millenia.

>>9143106
>>9143420
>halted for about a millenia
This is post-ironic posting shitposting, right? Even normalfags aren't this retarded anymore.

>>9143415
Anything that only had one copy in one place probably wasn't that important. I think people romanticise these things a little too much. It's the same with the library of Alexandria. Most historians don't actually believe there was much in the way if crucial scientific knowledge lost. In fact, most of the books were just shit that was being archived for the sake of archival.