![]() ![]() That’s why having only limited sources of information and having only limited ways to spread information made our pre-internet school textbooks (and even some university ones) sometimes quite limited in explaining what is to be thought of as historical fact. With the introduction of the paper press, radio, and TV, ironically information was even more censored and biased. ![]() To print books was pretty expensive, and their reach was limited, leaving many people relying on the spoken word and hear-say opinions. Opinions were voiced and multiplied by some other selected ‘few’ again. Before the internet and the option to have endless amounts of data shared for free around the world, the course of history was written by pretty much only selected ‘few’. Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642) -Īnd how is that? Pretty simple. How finally, several hundred years later, a new and more accurate narrative of Galileo’s life events can be shared worldwide (thanks to the information revolution of course). What does Galileo have to do with all of this? Well, Galileo’s case is a perfect example of how parts of the truth were bent and distorted throughout time. At least about that one particular Facebook or Instagram friend next door they surely know is living a crappy life yet is showing so cool and valuable on his or her profile pictures. ![]() It may have started with the rise of personal social media profiles that made even a very average person doubt about what they watch or read. The information revolution we are going through today brought upon societies an almost unbearable weight of realization on how easily the truth can be distorted with small or big lies. ![]()
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