(October 30, 2014 at 4:37 pm)Chas Wrote:(October 30, 2014 at 3:57 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: camera
Yah, alcohol goes back to the Stone Age. Five out of six ain't bad, though.
Umm, no. Not the camera, not the guitar; coffee? Ethiopia. Attributing any of theses things to Muslims is inconsequential. They have nothing to do with Islam. It's a big 'so what?'.
Wasn't Alhazan the first to describe camera obscura (and also proved that light travels in straight lines)? That's what I get from going by memory, I suppose.
From brief Googling, it looks like the Italians get the sixth string credit.
I agree with the 'so what'. It has no relevance to the topic at hand that I can discern. Reminds me of when the Soviets were known for claiming they invented everything (in fairness, they invented a lot of stuff) as though it meant communism was superior.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
