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[*] posted on 8-18-2014 at 02:31 PM


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...it speaks to the capabilities of aspects of the human mind which modern human society have let wither away...

I think that in a way, we went through several centuries where scientific, written descriptions of our world and its history replaced almost all other methods of learning, but the pendulum is swinging back very quickly.

For example, I can go read the journal of a WWII soldier and develop a picture in my mind of what the Normandy invasion must have been like, but what I would probably actually do is go home and grab my Roku remote and rent "Saving Private Ryan" and experience the sights and sounds of the invasion myself. Of course, I'm not actually watching D-Day, I'm experiencing exactly what the producer of a movie thinks the beaches of Normandy looked like to a soldier that morning. Our audio-visual systems are very effective ways of giving us group experiences. Much more so than just reading words from historians.

...of course, the accuracy of our audio-visual experiences are dependent on the accuracy of the scriptwriters, producers, and actors...much like the Yuman elders who would teach their dreams to the next generation. There is room for error, but the richness of the experience is undeniable.


Heavens no. There is no error in history ....what are you a re-vision-ist?;D
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