Greatest Polish and Slavic scientists, their discoveries, inventions and achievements

@Torq
Haha clever. Maybe true, depending on your definition of the slippery term "antisemite". But jewish nepotism and institutional control is real and you are ignorant or disingenuous if you say otherwise. And you picked a bad time in history to white knight for the jews considering their recent actions.

Deeply inadequate probably.

Racists always have to jump through mental hoops; Nothing they say makes sense. They do it from sheer badness like naughty kids.

@jon357. I will answer your question assuming it is in good faith: I don't know the specifics anymore of the papers that went through the patent office but read a deep dive article a few years ago about it. It might be BS, but I thought it an interesting conspiracy theory especially after I found out (in this very thread) about Einsteins wife.

I am Polish. Picking bad time for everything is in my DNA.


Ah, yes, mental gymnastics - the most dangerous and injury-prone sport in the world.

Ohhh now its "Racist". Which is a meaningless term (amd tecnically inaccurate regardless of interpretation). Mere name calling. This is a unexpectedly sensitive crowd for a "Polish Forum". Im not that invested in anything I said to debate it and if I want to get mobbed by the PC police, I'll just go to reddit.

Jon, your reaction shows a lot more inadequacy through your childish knee jerk response

Fair enough. :)

Welcome to PF, Half a Slav. Stick around and post a lot - maybe we got a wrong first impression. *high five*

Love at first sight....looks different.

Yes. Your post was racist.


Wrong on both counts.


They damage themselves.

@Torq
I liked your recent reply and was going to say you seem pretty cool/funny. It doesn't seem like you are filled with malice or judgement. Thanks!

Jon, people that are "racist" live in reality. It's the others that have to make excuses for differences in outcomes of groups (i.e. mental gymnastics)

You are a true midwit that is a system enforcer and parrot of what you think are the right ideas that make you smart.

**This message is officially racist, by the way.**

But please get a dictionary so you can get all these attack buzz words straightened out.

Do you have a problem with it?

Well, as Halfi said, there are many definitions of antisemitism (and antipolonism for that matter).

As long as he's not a hate-filled, genocidal, nazi-style maniac (and I don't think he is), I suppose I don't give that much of a toss really.

Or even the opposite.

Fantasies, from people with narrow minds.


Don't you?

It's more a case of hysterical overuse of the word has drained it of meaning.... for years now when I hear someone refer to others as 'racist' I hear: I have severe unaddressed mental issues....

There is racism but probably over 90% of public accusations of racism are nonsense and/or lies....

It's not longer a term that adds any clarity to public discourse.

Torq. I think your new nickname for me, Halfi, is racist. Like a half-breed. I feel marginalized being just half a Slav on These Most Glorious Polish Forums....

Nah, I like it. :)

@mafketis
A most excellent clarification of the issue.

Not being Jewish or Isreali, I don't care if someone is anti-Semitic. Are you one of those who always 'have to make a difference'? lol

Oh, come on, Jon - let the man breathe. He seems alright.


:)

What's the other half?

The Borg.

@Ironside
Worse: German. Also, some English.

Not just Polish Slav either... some Bohemian and Slovenian

About 1/2 Polish overall

Ah, an American. :)

Ameri-mutt, I prefer. :)

You're in Gdansk? My mother's German side were from East Prussia (Danzig)

Apart from suggesting that one of the world's greatest scientists somehow wasn't and that his fame was due to his ethnicity.

It wasn't.


Whoever would have guessed.

Now, that's racist! ;)


Yip, the very same place--the greatest city on Earth where Polish discipline and order meet German spontaneity and warmth.


Hey, nobody's perfect.

Jon is like the Polish Forums monitor of appropriate discourse and conformity to The Party line.

Though, I do find it strange he goes to bat (as we Americans say) so hard for the Jews, but is so disdainful of Americans.

Are you you guys truly sure you haven't been invaded by a reddit bot or "fact-checker" program from Google?

"Yip, the very same place--the greatest city on Earth where Polish discipline and order meet German spontaneity and warmth."

I haven't figured how to direct quote on mobile.... but had to directly reply to that... I feel like your irony skills are quite powerful. I do shake in fear of missing it since I take much pride in my irony fluency.

Did you ever live in the UK? You said something about not giving "a toss" earlier?

I ask more so because I've heard UK was the Polish place to be besides my home town Chicago. (Maybe pre-Brexit?)

Wait till you see what Bobko can do! He wields irony like a rapier whilst I'm still using a butter knife. :)


Well, one tries to use elegant British English to the best of one's ability, but no, I've never lived in the UK. My wife and I spent three years in Dublin though, and we enjoyed it a lot.

Gotta catch some z's (that's American idiom, right?). Good night, Halfi.

I see... Americans haven't adopted that exquisite phrase. Probably too Shakespearean sounding...

I forgot it's like superlate there. Good night. Get some z's (US indeed) .

And thanks for the warning about Bobko!

Always important to take care of sleep hygene.


I am.

Apart from those rare moments when you're being a complete and utter son of a Brit. ;)

What do you mean? The phrase is most likely American in origin and I've heard it used by Americans for decades..... the first representation of sleeping/snoring with ZZZZ was in an American comic strip.