The totalwar-EB forums are composed of a diverse group. I was wondering how many of you are actual historians/academics/scholars/etc?
How many actual historians/academics here?
The totalwar-EB forums are composed of a diverse group. I was wondering how many of you are actual historians/academics/scholars/etc?
"Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind...but there is one thing that science cannot accept - and that is a personal God who meddles in the affairs of his creation."
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Re: How many actual historians/academics here?
Keep in mind that becoming an actual historian is a selective process.
You have take the Trial of History, aka hysterectomy and be blessed by the Pope of History in order to be considered a true "historian," but it also involves several years of pederastry and loyal "service" to history.
Yeah, I know, I'm sad, I just spammed my bad joke from the other thread of similar appropriateness.
Last edited by blitzkrieg80; 08-26-2007 at 00:54.
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Re: How many actual historians/academics here?
Count me out, I'm a computer engineer.
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Re: How many actual historians/academics here?
I know it doesn't mean much, and I'm certainly not qualified to make any statements about history, but my major in college is History. I know it takes much more to a good historian and years of studying, but yeah. I'm trying
Re: How many actual historians/academics here?
Worthless B.A. in History reporting for duty!
Re: How many actual historians/academics here?
Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou
Worthless B.A. in History reporting for duty!
Same here!
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Re: How many actual historians/academics here?
lol, that's good. What my question really meant was anyone who had expertise in the field relating to EB's production - programming, history, etc.
"Worthless B.A. in History reporting for duty!"
XD
"Science without religion is lame. Religion without science is blind...but there is one thing that science cannot accept - and that is a personal God who meddles in the affairs of his creation."
-Albert Einstein
Re: How many actual historians/academics here?
im a historian, but not ancient history.
Re: How many actual historians/academics here?
I'm a software engineer. I was at academic at one time, though my field was Nuclear Theory.
Last edited by Atilius; 08-26-2007 at 10:41.
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Re: How many actual historians/academics here?
Working on it. Second year of my B.A. now, focusing on the rise of the West in relation to the rest of the world.
"The facts of history cannot be purely objective, since they become facts of history only in virtue of the significance attached to them by the historian." E.H. Carr
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