I came across a quote by Oscar Wilde who once said "history is merely gossip" which is kind of what we were talking about in class today. It's interesting that we pretty much take peoples words for it(history) and events that have occurred. I mean yes, there are photos and videos but for actual specific incidents, not just the big picture, we basically open ourselves up to believing stories that people tell us. In this book the narrator tells us things in a very factual way and makes for a very believable case that these events could of maybe happened. I think its interesting how only because we KNOW its not true, we don't believe it, and just because it has things like flying carpets, that don't exist, we KNOW it's not true. BUT. What if those few mythical components weren't in it and we were not given the knowledge that it was not a true story, wouldn't most of us be convinced it was real? I probably would. It just goes to show you that it is our culture and our preconceived ideas that make us believe or not believe something instead of our gut and own ideas and thoughts.
thats all I have for now, I was just inspired to write a tid bit.
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I think that a lot of what you say here is true. If someone speaks or writes with authority we have a tendency to beleive them off hand. This is especially dangerous with the news, or worse, with those shouting programs that appear to be news but aren't.
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