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Have a look at newspapers from 100 years ago [1]. Look at pamphlets from the 16th century [2]. It has been way worse. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riple
by smokel 3y ago
Have a look at newspapers from 100 years ago [1]. Look at pamphlets from the 16th century [2]. It has been way worse.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripley%27s_Believe_It_or_Not https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripley%27s_Believe_It_or_Not!
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamphlet_wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamphlet_wars
- jruohonen 3y ago> Have a look at newspapers from 100 years ago Indeed, and you can look even farther back. Here is a good book: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38441289 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38441289 There is also the epistemological/methodological point there; I wonder whether and how future generation historians can make any sense of it all?
- graemep 3y agoYou can go further back. My favourite example of false information that had harmful influence is Malleus Maleficarum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleus_Maleficarum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleus_Maleficarum