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Nassim Taleb criticized Mary Beard for supporting the historical revisionism of the BBC. – "An exploration of life in Roman Britain shown through the eyes of a
by Red_Tarsius 9y ago
Nassim Taleb criticized Mary Beard for supporting the historical revisionism of the BBC.
– "An exploration of life in Roman Britain shown through the eyes of a typical family." http://i.imgur.com/tg25juJ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/tg25juJ.jpg
– Sub-Saharan Celts http://i.imgur.com/WSHbj36.png http://i.imgur.com/WSHbj36.png
– A Sub-Saharan English Nobleman, 1215AD http://i.imgur.com/Y5WFtXO.png http://i.imgur.com/Y5WFtXO.png
– A North-African Norman priest http://i.imgur.com/5JHBzMN.png http://i.imgur.com/5JHBzMN.png
– A Sub-Saharan blacksmith, Iron Age Britain http://i.imgur.com/XptrQDP.png http://i.imgur.com/XptrQDP.png
This is far from an isolated incident. Since then, the channel also casted SA Achilles, Zeus and Aeneas (the ancestor of Romulus and Remus).
- ZeroGravitas 9y agoAnd weirdly, they continue to pretend to children of the UK that humans from all over the globe and all through time speak perfectly understandable English. And don't get me started on the talking animals. British zoological research is unlikely to ever recover if they can't get basic details like that right.
- matt4077 9y agoThere should really be an Attenborough version of Finding Nemo where his mate switches genders and fornicates with his daughters, like any self-respecting clownfish would do.