Post #3366384
2023-01-05 19:22 UTC
@WRNBookReview@mastodon.green @princetonupress@mstdn.party @bookstodon@a.gup.pe In the age of all kinds of misinformation, conspiracy theories, hoaxes, propaganda, "alternative facts", fake news, lies, errors, hearsay, myths, biases, ideology, bullshit, etc., I think the methods used in historical research should be something everybody should become familiar with.
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@WRNBookReview@mastodon.green 2023-01-05 20:30
@nannus@norden.social @princetonupress@mstdn.party @bookstodon@a.gup.pe Hear! Hear! I absolutely agree.
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@Liesvanrompaey@mastodon.green 2023-01-07 20:12
@nannus@norden.social @WRNBookReview@mastodon.green @princetonupress@mstdn.party @bookstodon@a.gup.pe Unfortunately, the people who should read it most won't and wouldn't be convinced anyway. Throwing more knowledge and facts at anti-intellectuals and science deniers is not going to cut it.