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To: DMaA who wrote (777224)	2/7/2023 1:06:29 PM
From: Hank Scorpio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794268

Enlightenment. What was the quote on Star Trek The Next Generation? "Darmok, his eyes opened". It's a combination of bunk, legend and fact.

To: DMaA who wrote (777224)	2/7/2023 1:10:36 PM
From: skinowski	1 Recommendation Recommended By frankw1900 Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794268

"History" is too full of lies and distortions to be of much value. History is written to manipulate minds, Carl Jung for many years refused to write his autobiography. He was of an opinion that it’s the most untrustworthy genre. A person writing an autobiography ends up mythologizing the story of their lives. They end up writing a narrative they may like better than they liked the reality. (Eventually, he did write one, but it was mostly a story about how his various ideas and theories were born and evolved over time). More to the point, you are right - but those lies and distortions reflect human interests and passions - similar to the ones that drove real events. They overlap. It also helps to read the same story written by different authors. Without a written history it’s as if nothing ever happened.

To: DMaA who wrote (777224)	2/7/2023 1:12:34 PM
From: Winfastorlose	3 Recommendations Recommended By IC720 isopatch skinowski Respond to of 794268

Don't take the official textbook version of history as the ultimate truth. That is, as you indicate, "manipulated" to suit the prevailing agenda of the day. Become a historian yourself and accumulate the knowledge the way they have learned to do. For example, unless all the books are burned, you can discover what life was like in 15th century Japan by reading the literature of the times. I took a great history course at University which taught us to do exactly that with the far East. We had to reconstruct history from the equivalent of Novels and Poetry of the age. One of the most valuable courses I ever took. It has helped to enable me to portend much of the future for my entire life. Sometimes it takes a few decades to see it all happen, but my batting average is close to 1000. As a result, I have often been contacted by previous acquaintances and told. "Hey. Do you remember when you said xyz was coming? We all thought you had flipped your lid but it turns out, you were exactly right. It just took a while".