1/ *cracks knuckles* So... Once you know one field well, you get comfortable with (or at least aware of) how many people are very good at presenting smart-sounding and compelling evidence in favor of [anything].https://twitter.com/eigenrobot/status/1170476053002776576 …
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5/ So most of the time now, when I hear historical arguments, I just assume people are generating projections backwards onto the past to suit what they want to "prove" in the present to select the future they want. Which...isn't terribly useful, except rhetorically.
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6/ I don't really have a point to this. It's just something I've been thinking about lately. If those who forget history are doomed to repeat it, what about those who hallucinate it?
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@eigenrobot: this is my way of saying I suspect I would enjoy doing hallucinogens with you, you wonderful robot.)Show this thread
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