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In an online discussion post, Alcorn State University history professor Dr. Jason Gibson posed a question that represented part of his students' midterm. It was about the...

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[–] frostedtrailblazer@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago (7 children)

What makes something useful to you? Does it need to be something done or learned purely for the sake of profits? Does it need to be cold and unfeeling data for it to matter?

[–] username_1@discuss.tchncs.de -3 points 1 month ago (6 children)

That's the question I can't answer. Really, I can't formulate a really nice definition of usefulness. But still I can't think of any use for history. Except maybe fun as in "literature". But being fun doesn't justify its teaching at school. Drinking alcohol is fun too, but...

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

This is absurd. You don't think there's anything important that we can learn from our past and apply toward our future?

[–] username_1@discuss.tchncs.de -4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Time changes. Cultures, laws... Absolutely all that changes. Data, that history gathers, can't be used for prediction. At least the precision won't be better than if you will just analyze your current situation. Absurd is trying to predict the future from fairy tails about kings and dragons.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Time changes but people don't. Weird that you bring up fairytales about kings and dragons despite that having absolutely nothing to do with history.

[–] username_1@discuss.tchncs.de -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People do too. And history is ALL about fairy tales.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

How can you claim that people/societies change with time while also claiming that history is all about fairytales? How can you possibly determine what people or society used to be like if you also think that any records from that time are useless and made up? Utter nonsense.

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