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@theropologist@beige.partyThose who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it. So are those who learn history, but at least they have enough context to appreciate the irony of it.
@ai6yr Or even worse they'll convince themselves that they can draw clear conclusions from history and they'll get it right this time
@ai6yr @theropologist
Yep. Thanks for posting. I was running off to see where I saved this image last.
@ai6yr
I do think that at the micro level that study of the past changes the future: lives are saved because of coroner's reports and car crash injury analysis. Statistical analysis of harmful drug reactions by gender/ethnicity/comorbidities can change practices. We can and do learn from the past.
But coroners reports in particular highlight that an observation that X is very harmful does not necessarily mean that any action is taken to prevent further occurrences.
@theropologist @ppatel
Nailed it!
The real problem here is not "... stand by helplessly while everyone else repeats it."
The issue I have is: "... those you do study (heed) history are doomed helplessly to be FORCED to repeat it."
@theropologist Those who learn it, use it as an excuse.
@theropologist
Also, few are more likely to repeat a mistake than someone who's certain they know what went wrong the first time.
@theropologist Learning from history only works for the last 80-90 years, after that everybody who remembered it is dead, and those who haven't seen things happening with their own eyes don't really understand.
@theropologist some days I really wish I hadn't studied US history in college 