Ancient Planes and Other Claims Spark Controversy at Indian Science Congress

Posted by samzenpus on Monday January 5, 2015 @01:06AM from the and-we-invented-air dept.

An anonymous reader writes A paper presented at the 102nd Indian Science Congress on Sunday claims that Indians had mastered aviation thousands of years before the Wright brothers. India's science and technology minister Mr. Harsh Vardhan who was present at the conference claimed that ancient Indian mathematicians discovered the Pythagorean theorem but that the Greeks got the credit. These startling claims come just a few days after prime minister Narendra Modi had called Lord Ganesha who is part elephant and part human, a product of ancient India's knowledge of plastic surgery.

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Re:...and... by Bongo · 2015-01-05 01:52 · Score: 0, Troll

You Americans have plenty to feel embarrassed about. Questioning a dodgy paradigm isn't one of them.
Re:...and... by pastafazou · 2015-01-05 02:34 · Score: 1, Troll

Your comment won't be popular here. Slashdot is a haven for leftist ideology. Calling them out on their hypocrisy will only get you modded down.