• merc@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    So, you think anybody who writes a book about history is a historian? No wonder you are so lost.

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      No, I think anyone who writes a book of historical facts (hence the name “history book”) based on research is a historian. And if I were lost, that’d fall under cartography, not history. See, cartography is the study of making maps. Maps are to cartographers as history books are to historians. Make sense?

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          Damn, selective reading is a tough diagnosis. Is there a pattern, like you only understand every other word or something, or is it just completely random?

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            7 hours ago

            Are you dodging the question? What makes someone a historian? Is anybody who writes a book on history automatically an authority on history?

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              7 hours ago

              Well this question is very different than the other question, but both are intentionally foolish misrepresentations of my statements so I reckon my answers would be “wrong” no matter what I said. So I’ll just tell you what you wanted to hear the first time: yes, I think “writing a book makes you a historian”. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂