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In Man in the High Castle, Philip K Dick calls this historicity. A shopkeeper shows two necklaces, indistinguishable from each ither but one was worn by Sitting
by lprubin 10y ago
In Man in the High Castle, Philip K Dick calls this historicity. A shopkeeper shows two necklaces, indistinguishable from each ither but one was worn by Sitting Bull and the other is a fake. One has historicity and the other is basically worthless. But the knowledge of the historicity is inspiring and makes it valuable. The power of human perspective.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historicity
- jxcl 10y agoI like the idea that if you took both necklaces and shuffled them around in a way that neither you nor the shopkeeper knew which was which and then gave them both back to him, you would have essentially robbed him without taking anything from him.
- Crespyl 10y agoYou would have destroyed information.