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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 9197836" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>This is always an interesting subject. History definitely informs how I see the world. When you see something that feels like a previous incident or movement in history, you make note of it. But history isn't a lab. What happened the first time something like that arose, may not happen the second time. And, like you point out, there are so many variables one doesn't have access to, that there may be a crucial difference you simply don't see. Still I think the old adage that history doesn't repeat but rhymes is pretty useful here. I think what you can extract from history is a certain amount of wisdom. But it is like anything else, still subject to your own skewed perspective. Also uncertainty is a good trait in history I think. I am usually much more wary of people who make very concrete and bold assertions about it rather than cautious ones (the best history teachers I had were ones who readily said &quot;I don't know&quot; in response to a question from a student, because I think history is often a process of discovering what you don't know and then looking into that matter (which can be quite the rabbit hole)</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 9197836, member: 85555"] This is always an interesting subject. History definitely informs how I see the world. When you see something that feels like a previous incident or movement in history, you make note of it. But history isn't a lab. What happened the first time something like that arose, may not happen the second time. And, like you point out, there are so many variables one doesn't have access to, that there may be a crucial difference you simply don't see. Still I think the old adage that history doesn't repeat but rhymes is pretty useful here. I think what you can extract from history is a certain amount of wisdom. But it is like anything else, still subject to your own skewed perspective. Also uncertainty is a good trait in history I think. I am usually much more wary of people who make very concrete and bold assertions about it rather than cautious ones (the best history teachers I had were ones who readily said "I don't know" in response to a question from a student, because I think history is often a process of discovering what you don't know and then looking into that matter (which can be quite the rabbit hole) [/QUOTE]

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