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Load More...ummm, not #badancient of course, but f*cking hell this is appalling and makes no sense - who is we in this example? Not viral, but may be of interest to @greg_jenner
Who da fuck is “we”?!
Pre scientific? Profound ignorance? Well take that Archimedes, Hypatia, etc! #badancient #badetymology #WhyWeNeedTheHumanities
“Disaster"
A prescientific word meaning "Bad Star” from a time of profound ignorance of nature, when misfortune was commonly blamed on cosmic events. Would be true of a killer asteroid. But control of a killer virus? The fault is not in our stars but in ourselves.
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Writing Popular History – Pride
Book being read – J, Davis-Kimbal, Warrior Women: An archaeologist’s search for history’s hidden heroines, (2002) Pride is a real problem in the world of history writing. Well, to be fair, pride is a problem in most areas of life, … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient History & My Research, Tangents
Tagged Blog, book writing, Historian, Owen Rees, writing history
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