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Then get ready to throw out most of history, because that's all we have. It doesn't mean it's true, but it's more information than nothing.
by commonlisp94 3y ago
Then get ready to throw out most of history, because that's all we have.
It doesn't mean it's true, but it's more information than nothing.
- kristianbrigman 3y agoIt could mean more than that, or maybe not. Velikovsky had the interesting hypothesis that you could compare this histories of different traditions to see if they synchronize. For example, joshua stopping the sun for three days, which would have been in the evening (you’d stop the sun at sunset, not at noon)… so you can look a Chinese history where it was dark for three days, or aztec history where the sun was about to rise. He does play fast and loose with his source material (based on the ones I’m familiar with) but I think the general idea is interesting…