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An Arab scholar in 1011 was placed under house arrest in Cairo for 10 years. He used the time to invent the scientific method, prove how vision actually works, and write a 7-volume book that Newton studied 600 years later. I read about him last night and could not stop thinking about it. His name was Ibn al-Haytham. The book is called the "Book of Optics." The textbook story names Bacon, Galileo, and Descartes as the founders of modern science. All three of them came 600 years after Ibn al-Haytham. All three of them studied his work directly or through Latin translations. The man who actually invented the scientific method was working alone in a single room in Cairo while Europe was still in the Dark Ages. Here is the story almost nobody tells you. He was born in Basra around 965 CE. By his 40s he had a reputation across the Arab world as one of the most original minds alive. Then he made the mistake that almost killed him. He claimed publicly that he could regulate the flooding of the Nile. The mad caliph al-Hakim of Cairo summoned him to Egypt to do it. Ibn al-Haytham took one look at the river and realized the project was impossible with the technology of his era. The caliph had executed dozens of scholars for less. So he faked madness. The caliph believed him and put him under house arrest in his own home in Cairo for the next 10 years. Most people would have lost their actual mind. He used the time to invent science. Before him, knowledge worked one way. You quoted authority. If Aristotle had said it, it was true. If Galen had written it, it was correct. The role of a scholar was to memorize and defend the ancient Greeks. I Ibn al-Haytham broke this completely. He wrote a sentence in the Book of Optics that quietly destroyed 1,400 years of intellectual culture. "The seeker after truth," he said, "is not the one who follows his natural disposition to trust the writings of the ancients. The seeker after truth is the one who suspects them, questions them, and submits only to argument and experiment." That single sentence is the foundation of modern science. He wrote it 600 years before the European Renaissance. The second thing he did was build the actual machinery of experimentation. He insisted that no claim about the physical world was acceptable until it had been verified by an experiment anyone could repeat. He gave detailed instructions for every experiment in his book. He told his readers, in writing, not to take his word for any of it. Build the equipment. Run the tests yourself. Verify or destroy my claims with your own eyes. The third thing he did was use the method to overturn one of the most settled questions in physics. The Greeks had taught for centuries that vision worked because the eye emitted invisible rays. Ibn al-Haytham proved them wrong with a darkened room, a small hole, and a wall. The first camera obscura. He showed that light from the outside world enters the eye, the exact opposite of what every Greek thinker had taught. Two hundred years later his book was translated into Latin in Spain. Roger Bacon cited him. Kepler cited him. Galileo's work on the telescope was built on his optics. Newton's foundational work on light rested on his framework. Walk into any physics department today. Ask who founded the scientific method. Almost nobody will say Ibn al-Haytham. The man who invented the way humanity actually knows things did the work under house arrest, with no funding, no laboratory, and a paranoid caliph next door waiting for an excuse to kill him. He did it anyway. Most of the world is still pretending it was someone else's idea.

Aerial view of Baragwanath Hospital (then called the Imperial Military Hospital, Baragwanath), Johannesburg in 1942. Credit: Adler Museum Bulletin

Only in South Africa 😂 my guy is out here overtaking another car in reverse gear… tell me where else you’d ever see that besides Mzansi

The way women glow up after a divorce is mind-blowing.

I’m yet to see the South African government, the African Union and the rest of the African countries condemn the xenophobic attacks in SA, and call for a full investigation into this. African countries should summon SAn ambassadors as well. This silence is deafening!!

Show me the greatest producer of all time in SA👀

We had one at home who was herding our cows,he was getting paid R900 month and we gave him free accommodation,last year around September he said we must pay him with 1 cow per year and we refused then he killed one cow

Historically, SA is a battle-tested nation, shaped by conflict, marked by a proven ability to stand ground and emerge victorious when it matters most. So, the happiest people in the world, the Nice welcoming people stop smiling with you, YOU’LL LEARN 🇿🇦

Reminder: every single person in this painting is Jewish.

Throwback Thursday: On January 23, 2015, Klay Thompson set an NBA record by scoring 37 points in a single quarter (the third) against the Sacramento Kings, shooting a perfect 13-for-13 from the field, including 9-for-9 from three-point range... He scored all 37 points in roughly 9 minutes, breaking the previous record of 33, held by George Gervin and Carmelo Anthony — and finished with 52 points.. Klay Thompson went on to win his first NBA championship in 2015, as part of the Golden State Warriors, who defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in six games. This victory marked the Warriors' first title in 40 years. Thompson was a key contributor during that 2014-15 season, averaging 18.6 points in the playoffs.. The NBA Finals are broadcast in 214 countries and territories, providing global access via local TV partners, streaming services like NBA League Pass, and international feeds. Key coverage areas include Australia, Brazil, China, Egypt, Japan, the Philippines, France, Spain, Germany, and the United Kingdom… Meanwhile, Klay needed Megan for international recognition… Now, here is Megan Thee Stallion on the left on 2015 — and here is Klay Thompson on the right in 2015…

LEGO Crocs limited edition just dropped. Only $149

Who is sponsoring March and March?

Before this documentary some of ya’ll did not engage with South African history AT ALL

I only know Klay Thompson because of Megan. The same way I only knew of Tom Brady because of Giselle Simone Bile’s husband because of Simone… Taylor Swift’s fiancé because of Taylor Swift🤷🏾‍♀️ The only American male athletes I know outside of their relationships are Michael Jordaan, LeBron James, Steph Curry, Kobe and Tiger woods😭😭