Discussion»Statements»Rosie's Corner» Can illusion be as effective a weapon as fact? Does it matter if it's true or faux as long as you can convince people it's true?
Can illusion be as effective a weapon as fact? Does it matter if it's true or faux as long as you can convince people it's true?
Fiction. Reality. History. Revisionist history. To BElieve or not to BElieve. That is the question. You base belief on its source? Of course? How do you know the source isn't false a lie untrue?
Winston Churchill famously said: History is written by the victors.
This is why it is so difficult to get an objective view, even of history. Our only chance is if enough documentation remains for multiple points of view. IE: if the "victor" destroys all records of the "loser", we don't have a complete picture.
You use the word "difficult" Walt. Is it even possible at all for there to be any objective history written by anyone anywhere? Isn't everything always somewhat skewed in concert with the views of the reporter/historian? I don't know how many books are written by revisionists? How many science books omit evolution entirely due to religious points of view? It's hard to tell! Thank you for your reply! :)
Difficult, as opposed to "impossible". It is possible to have an objective history ... though it requires someone who thinks of themself as a referee, or uninterest 3rd Party. ("uninterested" in the goals of either side, not the subject)
Naturally, it's less difficult to be objective the farther in the past the history is. I mean, historians of a long-gone empire are more likely to be objective because (generally) very few (if any) modern people are going to care what really happened to an empire thousands of years gone.
Walt O'Reagun 