Facts

Historical 'Truth'
4 January 2015 History is not a collection of raw facts we simply look up and copy down. Nor can we peel away the layers of time to find the plain truth revealed. ...
EE Sun, 01/04/2015 - 07:00
Information Is Not Knowledge
29 August 2014 Contrary to the old cliché, facts do not speak for themselves. Facts are chameleons whose shape and color reflect their handlers. A beginning researcher and a skilled one can read the same information in a record and draw two separate conclusions, based upon ...
EE Fri, 08/29/2014 - 07:00
Facts, Truths, and Reality
20 February 2014 History researchers do not discover facts. We do not record facts. We do not prove facts. There is no way that we can determine the actual facts about past generations and centuries. ...
EE Thu, 02/20/2014 - 07:00