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Was surprised to read this news story from South Africa. I guess this is what happens if your science education isn't poor.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/l...ents-add-african-science-to-demands-wncgpq5fm
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/l...ents-add-african-science-to-demands-wncgpq5fm
South African students who have been in violent clashes with the police while campaigning for free tuition say they want to scrap the “Eurocentric” science curriculum in favour of traditional African theories.
Sir Isaac Newton’s law of universal gravitation has come in for particular criticism from the movement known as #Sciencemustfall. In a meeting with the science faculty at the University of Cape Town, Kealeboga Ramaru, a student leader, questioned the cause of lightning and dismissed Sir Isaac’s work as colonial.
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