Producing truthful information requires sustained institutional investment: historians must study for 10+ years, learn ancient languages and paleography, excavate archaeological sites, and cross-reference sources; even then, ancient documents may be propaganda rather than fact.

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Yuval Noah Harari

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historians they they go to university to study for at least 10 years before they become professional historians you learn Latin and Greek and how to read ancient handwriting and how to do these archaeological excavations

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Yuval Noah Harari: Free Speech, Institutional Distrust, & Social Order | Making Sense #386Sam Harris
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:26:14 PM

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