March 10th, 2008
Is There Truth In The History They Teach?
One interesting thing about running a Think Tank is you get to meet really smart folks from all walks of life and industries. Often, they get into debates and cite history, but does anyone know the true history of the human experience, or do we just know glimpses and probabilities that we attempt to define as absolutes?
Is there really any truth in the history we are taught - how does the teacher know, what cannot be known without having been there? Sure there are clues to the whole thing, but how can you know, how can you even get close to the truth? In intellectual debates often someone argues a point of history, both in the debate probably have ample proof to back them up, books, manuscripts, scrolls, etc.