It seems like a silly question. After all, we all know that Ancient Greece really existed.
Thousands of years ago, men with athletic physiques ate grapes while prognisticating about the meaning of life.
Men known as Plato, Aristotle and, of course, Herodotus.
There is no way, just no way, the 'experts' could all be wrong about this...
It may seem like a silly question: believers will say, ‘of course!’, while disbelievers will say, ‘of course not!’
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It is a common theme in works of fiction for characters to investigate the boundaries of their realities.
A fundamental component of our reality is what we believe happened in the 'past'; where we 'came from'.
What happens to our reality when we begin to challenge what we know as 'history'?
Seriously though, is 'history' as we know it a hoax?
After a long time between drinks, the FMVU series is back in action and - dare I say it - better than ever.
Available in both video in audio format.
After 47 days without uploading a single video a YouTube, finally I felt it was time to release somewhat-subtle plug for the website.
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This is an addendum to Article #30: The History of ‘Histories’ (24-Oct-2017). It was originally posted (on 26-Oct-2017) in the comments section of that article, as a reply to a question from Chad628.
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Herodotus is considered the ‘father of history’. My question is: did he even exist? This article will use the example of ‘Herodotus’ and his classic work Histories to demonstrate just how little of what we are shown as ‘history’ is based on primary sources.
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Now that different time zones around the world are either entering or leaving ‘daylight savings’ I thought it worth posting a quick update.
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How many of us have spent any considerable amount of time reassessing the method by which we go about ‘research’? The ongoing popularity of the ‘monkey banana ladder experiment’ serves as a useful example of how the masses are typically unconcerned with sourcing or verifying information before believing and propagating stories.
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This realm begins to make more sense once you understand the power of symbols.