Why I get mad at you guys sometimes...

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I really do have affection for all of my regular commenters.

And yes, my temper gets the best of me on occasion, but...

When I was 16, I scored a perfect 800 on the History Achievement Test. So at 16, I probably knew more history than most people do in their entire life.

Since then, I have read over a thousand more history books. I have plowed through about 30 or so of the Great Courses history series, each of which is equivalent to a full college course on its subject matter. I did a PhD thesis that was heavily historical, and was subsequently published as a book. I am a regular reviewer of books for three history journals: History Review of New Books, British Journal for the History of Philosophy, and Journal of the History of Economic Thought.

So please excuse my intemperate reaction, but when one of you "informs" me that Christianity spread in South America mainly through conquest...

Well, that leaves me a bit exasperated, OK?


Comments

  1. Prateek3:59 PM

    I actually like the emotion attached to the topics.

    Nobody ever gets emotional about the history of typewriters, or what beards were in fashion in which century.

    If you attach emotion to a certain topic, then it actually matters.

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  2. gcallah4:34 PM

    WTF is this crap you're saying about typewriters?
    Those are fighting words, Prateek!

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