> I don't see how we
> would ever have arrived at non-Euclidean geometry from any other point
> of view.
I would say only that we _didn't_ arrive at non-Euclidean geometry from
any other point of view.
Apart from the possibility of other routes or destinations, though, I want
to simply ask whether it is legitimate or fruitful (or fair) to privilege
those traditions that look like our own as though they were somehow
'superior' to traditions which don't look like ours. It _is_ true that
you can't do quantum mechanics with ethnomathematics. But you can't weave
a decent basket with quantum mechanics either.
I wonder which is more useful in my day to day life...
-Daryn