In that case you don't get a new numbering system, without a numbering system, and neither is much use without maths.
This whole crap is a strawman though. It's about the current situation, and if we managed to use your numbers better than you, that is not evidence of Western decline.
But also, do you really expect homage for every invention, just for decimal numbers? People would have come up with that themselves in time anyway. I suppose if the US landed on Mars or working fusion reactors you'd still bring up numbers? FFS.
You used them for counting bodies in the Ganges, we used them for science. No credit due more than 1 century after IMO.
Who's we Paddy ? You're the goddamned descendant of the last known Neanderthals in the world , that's who you are . Paddys have the higest gene flow of Neanderthals than any other known ethnicity in the world. These are facts. You're only part Homo Sapiens. That should explain a lot .
How many Paddys have won the Nobel Prize in the Sciences or even the Fields Medal in Mathematics - the ultimate Laurel in both those fields ? How many Paddys in MENSA ? How many Paddy GMs ( that's Grand Master fyi Paddy. Had to elaborate lest you think I was abusing you ) in Chess ?
Centuries from now when historians writing on the decline & fall of the Western world as opposed to civilization do their research they'd discover the years 1845-52 to be seminal years in this regard !
Why those years you ask ? Well those years are when The Great Potato Famine in Paddyland occurred & Paddys spread across the world sowing their oats around eventually reducing the IQ of the western world to their level.
We in the third world owe those Paddys a debt of gratitude. Tiocfaidh Ar La ! Truer words were never spoken .
In the meanwhile back in Paddyland protests have broken out on the high prices of everything from fuel to cost of living to accomodation.
Local Paddys there complain that all those tax breaks offered to tech cos across the world didn't improve their lot one bit instead worsening things for them.
They're insisting on more investment in agriculture , dairy , light engineering works etc precisely the kind of occupations you'd expect a Paddy to take up .
Now I don't wish to toot my horn but I pointed out these facts years ago. How many tech unicorns does Paddyland boast off started by local Paddys ? ZERO . That's how many.
These are intellectual endeavours Paddy not fit for menials like Paddys. Focus on agriculture like growing bigger potatoes , dairy & so on . Leave the heavy lifting to those more skilled & reputed in intellectual pursuits.
