Lets assume your claim that Newtonian notation was not &quot;clearly inferior&quot;* to an unbiased person of the time, it follows then that teaching both ideas in English Universities might have helped to more quickly determine which notation is more useful. Consider the result for the English Mathematical community if the Analytical Society was never formed.<p>If biases exist then a spectrum of ideas from cultures which hold a different of set bias can be a critical aid in the search for truth.<p>*I disagree with this assumption but it is a hard case to make in either direction and I recognize the value of your perspective.