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DiscussionSaturday Studies, 17 October 2015 (self.badhistory)

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[–]40kfreak"that guy" 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

SIPRI has an awesome database of known arms transfers between states, it'll send you a word doc with all the info

[–]King_Posner 0ポイント1ポイント  (2子コメント)

just finished "over the edge" which is a book about Grand Canyon deaths (bought it on my visit there, apparently it their bookstores best seller).

pretty good read actually, interesting, decent historical research for such a piece, and some cool historical information. plus it's a fascinating topic, and written by those who were Rangers or GC rescuers. the only real issues is his clear bias against Mormons, and the occasional need to romantazize the historical narratives.

[–]Emergency_WardDon't cortez those Aztecs, bro 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Are Mormons notorious for falling into the Grand Canyon? Did the Mormons swing by on their migration west and contemplate a settlement? I need to know the Mormon connection!

[–]King_Posner 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

lees ferry was a Mormon outpost, settlers ambushed by Mormons, mormons killing a few in one of the most famous incidents of the canyon (in his view, in mine I see natives killing encroaching whites but targeting these guys by mistake), etc.

basically the early history is rife with the conflict the Mormons had with outsiders, and he may be born around there, so his view is colored by that.

[–]Spartacus_the_trollThe burning of the library of Alexandri was from an STD. 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

The first chapter of T. Rex and the Crater of Doom is probably the most apocalyptic thing I've ever read. Also, in the rest of the book, academic controversy, much of which transcends into straight up drama. Lots of drama about the K-T extinction referenced here and by William Glen in Mass Extinction Debates. Reminds me of the debates about and, backlash against, continental drift after the 1930s. I'm not sure if something about geology makes it more inclined to drama, or if I'm just not well read enough in other fields to see it. I would guess the latter, but either way it reminds me how human scientists are.