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minus-square@Delusionallink-4•9 months agoActually, history didn’t change it’s still the same as it always was. It can’t change anymore since it happened in the past.
minus-square@lemmington_steelelink9•9 months agoactually history is just our collective understanding of the past, so if it changes, history changes
minus-squareKalashlinkfedilink4•9 months agoThe events that actually happened in the past didn’t change. But history is not what happened. History is what we think we know happened. If there is new information about events we didn’t know about before, history changes.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•9 months agoI think it’s fair to say that our understanding of history, something which can change because it’s always in the context of the present, has changed.
Actually, history didn’t change it’s still the same as it always was. It can’t change anymore since it happened in the past.
actually history is just our collective understanding of the past, so if it changes, history changes
The events that actually happened in the past didn’t change. But history is not what happened. History is what we think we know happened.
If there is new information about events we didn’t know about before, history changes.
I think it’s fair to say that our understanding of history, something which can change because it’s always in the context of the present, has changed.
Great input thank you!
The past doesn’t change. History can change though.