Evolution of the histor

Father of History or Father of Lies; The Reputation of Herodotus Author(s): J. A. S. Evans
Source: The Classical Journal, Vol. 64, No. 1 (Oct., 1968), pp. 11-17

https://www.jstor.org/stable/3296527

This is similar to Deleuze's concept of personae in philosophy, partial observer in science and artist–perceiver in arts.

Also see, Lawvere & Schanuel, 2009, pp. 308-9, wrt to idealization, beginning with the last paragraph:

"Regarding the scientific process... The idealization itself often consists of assuming that, of the many forces acting in a situation, one ‘main’ force is the only force.... this one force is gravity. Such idealization can lead to very far-reaching development of theory; in the example of gravity, it led Galileo, Newton, Jacobi, Hamilton, Einstein, and others to theory which is constantly used in terrestrial and celestial navigation.
... But the second equally important aspect of the scientific process of idealization is this: in applying the developed theory to new situations, one must constantly remain conscious of the likelihood that forces other than the ‘main’ idealized ones are also acting and sometimes becoming ‘main’ forces themselves.

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...the prospect of recession under current conditions is truly alarming. The hesitant recovery of the past decade has depleted the conventional tools of macroeconomic policy. In many countries — not least the U.S. — fiscal stimulus and persistent budget deficits have boosted ratios of public debt to national income. Next time, governments will be reluctant to lean as heavily on extra public borrowing to raise demand, rightly or wrongly fearing lack of fiscal space. Monetary policy is all but exhausted too, with interest rates either close to their effective lower bound (as in the U.S.) or slammed down against it (as in the European Union).

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-10-21/imf-growth-forecasts-world-economy-is-stumbling-toward-disaster

Who will end up holding an empty bag?

TIL

Based on language analysis of Histories, we can surmise that Herodotus was a standup historian.