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For someone not wishing to be an expert or read source material, like the OC, facility in languages is absolutely not necessary. And history absolutely is valua
by johngossman 8mo ago
For someone not wishing to be an expert or read source material, like the OC, facility in languages is absolutely not necessary. And history absolutely is valuable and can be accessible to everyone.
- iugtmkbdfil834 8mo ago<< And history absolutely is valuable and can be accessible to everyone. Shrug. Little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Giving someone tools to create black hole does not ensure that they will be able to utilize that knowledge in a manner that.. is useful. In other words, it may not be absolutely necessary, but it is.. not helpful to suggest accessibility is key. If anything, accessibility makes it dumber; not completely unlike systemD in linux. It serves a purpose, but it dumbs things down.
- johngossman 8mo agoAre you seriously suggesting that one can't learn Roman History without learning to read Latin? That it is better to be ignorant of history than read a few books?
- iugtmkbdfil834 8mo agoI am suggesting exactly what I am suggesting and I opened with those suggestions in the very first post. By that I mean: - learn to think critically - learn to apply logic After that, the world is your oyster, but if you actually want to learn.. and not just.. consume what someone else throws at you, then it will be worthwhile to, you know, learn a thing or two: like, for example, language of the primary sources. I know. I know. There I go gate keeping again. I will try to narrow it down a little: "Reading a few books gives you a sketch of an idea someone else had." Does that help?