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0 pointsdragonwriter5y ago0 comments

Your description of history and anthropology is about at the level of accuracy that one would expect of someone who conflates the two.

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haihaibye5y ago

I point out that far from preventing it, academia has caused "bizarre, erroneous historical narratives ... gaining traction"

Then you point out that I'm conflating history and anthropology... how academic!

When looking at what happened to people in the past, does reality cleave neatly down history/anthropology lines? Or is that an artifact of bureaucracy?

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0 pointsdragonwriter5y ago0 comments

Your description of history and anthropology is about at the level of accuracy that one would expect of someone who conflates the two.

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haihaibye5y ago

I point out that far from preventing it, academia has caused "bizarre, erroneous historical narratives ... gaining traction"

Then you point out that I'm conflating history and anthropology... how academic!

When looking at what happened to people in the past, does reality cleave neatly down history/anthropology lines? Or is that an artifact of bureaucracy?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse