Murtaza Hussain
@mazmhussain
It’s really crazy how premodern historians used to just completely make things up. Even if the exaggerations and fibs are not as extreme I have a private suspicion that most of recorded history is essentially false.
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Michael of St. Joseph 🔏
@michaelofstjoe
I'm not sure what this excerpt is in reference to, but I think premodern historians were much more honest than we give them credit for. However, the ancient world had a fundamentally different way of seeing and describing the world around them. If you take everything at face-value it will sound like a fantasy story.
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Murtaza Hussain
@mazmhussain
Many did their best for sure. The issue is that the definition of what is “true” shifts according to time and place
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Michael of St. Joseph 🔏
@michaelofstjoe
I think you could make the same criticism of the "information age" we live in now.
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Murtaza Hussain
@mazmhussain
For sure. We barely even know what’s going on today!
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Michael of St. Joseph 🔏
@michaelofstjoe
You're right, I'm glad everyone is telling the truth and we all understand the infinite sea of information at our fingertips perfectly. Certainly having too much information to parse couldn't result in its own problems.
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