Comment on One of the most interesting things that happens when you are old
Mickey7@lemmy.world 4 days agoIf you live your life based on a narrative and not undeniable facts you constantly have to revise history
Comment on One of the most interesting things that happens when you are old
Mickey7@lemmy.world 4 days agoIf you live your life based on a narrative and not undeniable facts you constantly have to revise history
AnarchistArtificer@lemmy.world 4 days ago
History is always being revised. This isn’t a bad thing, but rather inherent to the process of history. History isn’t about assembling facts together; it’s about the continual process of interpretation and reinterpretation. That means there’s no such thing as settled history, because there’s always more insight we can gain by looking backwards, even if we haven’t unearthed new evidence from a particular period.
Even if you had some undeniable facts about your life, those start to get wibbly wobbly the instant you try to communicate them to someone, because words are imprecise.