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Eleanor Konik

I write stories & articles inspired by all eras of history & science... so I wind up putting notetaking software like Obsidian & Readwise thru their paces.

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Mythology as Science

Fermi's paradox, cryptozoology, & mangled oral traditions

The satellite from which the SETI messages were sent into space.
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History Becomes Myth

Exaggeration is a powerful memetic force

George Washington admitting he chopped the cherry tree.
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Tyranny & Treason

Some critiques of the electoral college miss the point

Kicking off the French Revolution with the Tennis Court Oath.
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Migration via Immigration... or Invasion

Violence is more effective than people like to admit

Remember that time the Vikings put Paris under siege? It spelled the end of the Carolingan empire.
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Religion & War in Myth Cycles

The prevalence of war in important religious texts

Battle of Kurukshetra from the Bhagavad Gita.