Was Pythagorous Chinese

By framing a knowledge as your own, it creates a perceived superiority over others. During the cold war, the ability for the USSR to put a satellite into orbit did not rouse cheers from the Americans, but despair. Cultures often compete with each other over which is more advanced, and this is often measured by which has the greater academic knowledge. We are now living in a global culture, which means that there should be collaboration, not competition, between nations. If we continue the false narrative that knowledge was only developed by "our" culture, then we lose the ability to work together. In competition there is no sharing of resources between sides. If our global culture is to overcome the challenges faced in the upcoming years, we must work together and recognize that all cultures have knowledge to bring to the table.

I am torn about the naming conventions of certain theorems. On one hand, I recognize that calling it "Pythagorean Theorem" emphasizes a the competitive approach to knowledge I mentioned above. However, I do believe that if it is taught with the emphasis that it was not only discovered in western society we can acknowledge that a name is only a name. Many cultures have discovered the concept of a chair, and thus many cultures have different words/names for the concept. It would be problematic if western students were taught that only their culture were smart enough to invent chairs and that is why they call it chairs. Hence, calling it Pythagorean is not a problem as long as the concept is introduced through an international lens.