• merc@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    Regardless, if you don’t think historians are writing history books, what do you think they’re doing?

    Researching it and writing papers for other historians.

    Do you think most historians write popular history books for non-historians?

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        4 days ago

        So, you think anybody who writes a book about history is a historian? No wonder you are so lost.

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          No, I think anyone who writes a book of historical facts (hence the name “history book”) based on research is a historian. And if I were lost, that’d fall under cartography, not history. See, cartography is the study of making maps. Maps are to cartographers as history books are to historians. Make sense?

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              4 days ago

              Damn, selective reading is a tough diagnosis. Is there a pattern, like you only understand every other word or something, or is it just completely random?

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                3 days ago

                Are you dodging the question? What makes someone a historian? Is anybody who writes a book on history automatically an authority on history?

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                  Well this question is very different than the other question, but both are intentionally foolish misrepresentations of my statements so I reckon my answers would be “wrong” no matter what I said. So I’ll just tell you what you wanted to hear the first time: yes, I think “writing a book makes you a historian”. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂