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Yanagi's avatar

Relendra,

According to the Idea of History by RG Collingwood, historians must concern themselves with the nature, object, method and value of historical thinking. After having had experience of historical thinking, the historian must reflect upon that experience. Thus, the historian becomes a philosopher as well.

All scientific inquiries begin with the knowledge of our own ignorance. What are the characteristics of the evidence and how are these documents to be interpreted? The purpose of these journeys of discovery is so that we humans might gain knowledge of what makes us human - the nature of humanity.

I was excited to see you approach this emotive subject of the JFK assassination with such a scientific approach.

Removed from the emotions that the assassination provoked ( I was 4 years old and remember sitting on the floor in front of the television, my mother in tears behind me.) the evidence can be examined in a calm, progressive manner, building the case from the available evidence.

This methodology is a very useful tool for anyone wishing to examine any event in the near or distant past. A lens providing the user with the ability to see events more clearly and disengage somewhat from the restrictive chains of indoctrination and conditioning.

Perhaps a handbook might be forthcoming to help others apply these techniques in their quest to better understand how they interpret information and furthermore, the nature and capabilities of our humanity?

Thank you and blessings on your work.

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S.M. Carson's avatar

I commend you on your impressively thorough examination of the JFK assassination. I'm looking forward to reading your other pieces on the topic. I imagine you've been following the Trump administration's JFK files drop. Have you or do you plan on investigating some of the major players behind the assassination beyond the CIA and Cuban exiles?

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