If I was a historian, I think I'd be asking myself, "Am I just wasting my time?"
It was said, by someone much smarter than me, that "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." You would think that would make history and historians pretty important and yet, historians appear to be the Cassandra of academics.
There are movies that I can watch - will watch - any time I happen upon them, regardless of where it is in the narrative. These aren't "I missed the beginning" movies. These are repeated experience "I love this movie" movies. "The Big Lebowski" is one of those movies.
Is reality so complex, so multifaceted, such a large data sample that it's impossible to tell it from even a poorly constructed fiction?
Or are people just stupid?
I suppose it could be both.
I think I have a solution for America's embattled police departments.
Kill some white people.
Hear me out...
Some things, some people, some historical events should never be used for comparison.
I make the best grilled cheese sandwiches.
It's been said. By everyone who has ever had one of my grilled cheese sandwiches.
So… Who am I to disagree?
