Anonymous
Post 03/12/2026 04:48     Subject: The pinnacle of human creativity
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Arabic numerals (which were invented by Indian Hindus not in the Arab world).


While the base system is Indian, the specific, modern shapes of the numbers (0-9) were adapted and modified by Arab mathematicians over several centuries. Therefore, they are more accurately referred to as Hindu-Arabic numerals.


Arabic numbers or not, positional number systems are the foundation of modern mathematics. A few cultures developed them.
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2026 22:27     Subject: The pinnacle of human creativity
Anonymous wrote:Calculus.


Newton was a pip!

When Leonardo and Mike were hangin and banging out works in close proximity is probably it.
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2026 22:15     Subject: The pinnacle of human creativity
Haha. You said "Pinnacle".
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2026 22:14     Subject: The pinnacle of human creativity
Hugs? We won't be human without that.
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2026 22:12     Subject: The pinnacle of human creativity
Calculus.
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2026 22:12     Subject: The pinnacle of human creativity
BBQ
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2026 21:59     Subject: The pinnacle of human creativity
Antibiotics? We won't be alive without that?
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2026 21:59     Subject: The pinnacle of human creativity
Anonymous wrote:Shakespeare's Hamlet? Beethoven's 9th symphony? What are the very best of creative works?


Wheel. Without that we wouldn't be anywhere. Pun intended.
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2026 21:58     Subject: The pinnacle of human creativity
Anonymous wrote:Arabic numerals (which were invented by Indian Hindus not in the Arab world).


While the base system is Indian, the specific, modern shapes of the numbers (0-9) were adapted and modified by Arab mathematicians over several centuries. Therefore, they are more accurately referred to as Hindu-Arabic numerals.
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2026 21:52     Subject: The pinnacle of human creativity
The deuce I dropped this morning
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2026 20:43     Subject: The pinnacle of human creativity
Anonymous wrote:The Big Lebowski.

Nothing came after; everything before was practice.

The Dude abides
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2026 18:38     Subject: The pinnacle of human creativity
It depends on your definition of pinnacle. IMHO, pinnacle means at the top, built on other work. Most of the artistic elections given here, don't rely on underlying accomplishments.

Proof of Fermat's Last Theorem is a pinnacle work.

If someone manages to prove P=NP, that's possibly the pinnacle.
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2026 18:29     Subject: The pinnacle of human creativity
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Shakespeare's Hamlet? Beethoven's 9th symphony? What are the very best of creative works?


Too eurocentric. Open your world


What's wrong with being eurocentric? Answer: Nothing.


Self-hate has been the rage in all the most fashionable white circles for 50 years. No signs of letting up.


This. And it permeates all DCUM forums now. You can't have any discussion without someone (maybe a single or handful of intentional posters with an agenda) chiming in something that promotes an Anti-American sentiment.
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2026 18:24     Subject: The pinnacle of human creativity
Arabic numerals (which were invented by Indian Hindus not in the Arab world).
Anonymous
Post 03/11/2026 15:43     Subject: The pinnacle of human creativity
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Shakespeare's Hamlet? Beethoven's 9th symphony? What are the very best of creative works?


Too eurocentric. Open your world


What's wrong with being eurocentric? Answer: Nothing.


Self-hate has been the rage in all the most fashionable white circles for 50 years. No signs of letting up.