In particle physics, the uncertainty principle tells us we can never know the precise details of events at the subatomic scale.
However, like subatomic events that accumulate into real-world events, history accumulates enough information over many uncertain events that the overall trends become fairly obvious as time goes on. And there are many lessons there.
You may not know where all the electrons in a bowling ball are, but you know damn well when you drop it on your foot.
History is enormously valuable in trying to figure out how human beings should or shouldn't do things. It isn't the individual details or single events that are important. Many of the most successful leaders have been steeped in historical learning, and many of the worst ones have ignored it.
I wish I knew a lot more history than I do.
History
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- Test driving government health care
- We've driven the current system into a ditch for most Americans (n/t)
- What's going to change?
- A Century ago, in Ybor City
- "...before we put everybody in the country in the program"
- Here's the Finance Committee presentation
- Did you READ it?
- Since you love to just throw a link into a post, here's back at ya...
- Great stuff. Send us Part I.
- Non-profit medical
- No offense, but you guys are rather dense.
- All Conservatives need to justify the status-quo is "high profit".
- Great stuff. Send us Part I.
- and leave us with what?
- Since you love to just throw a link into a post, here's back at ya...
- "Are you ever going to put your strawman arguments to rest? "