floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago3,700-year-old Babylonian stone tablet gets translated, changes historywww.upworthy.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1396arrow-down127
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minus-squareDelusional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down10·1 year 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-squarelemmington_steele@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoactually history is just our collective understanding of the past, so if it changes, history changes
minus-squareSomeRandomWords@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year 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.
minus-squareEl Barto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoThe past doesn’t change. History can change though.
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
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.