tl;dr: Communicability is prima facie evidence of partiality I. The Misidentified Mechanism In 416 BCE the Athenians delivered an ultimatum to the people of Melos: the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must. The Melians appealed to justice and were destroyed for it. Thucydides recorded the exchange in spare, unsparing … Continue reading The Structural Weight of Truth: Selection Pressure, Story Architecture, and the Limits of Explanatory Reach
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Thucydides and Realism
"In the face of hard realities, Thucydides embodied the dual concern of classical realism, consciousness of external threats while being wary of our capacity for self-destruction, to fall prey to irrational emotions and false hope. An age of blood and iron is well and truly now underway, and the bitter winds of economic warfare are … Continue reading Thucydides and Realism
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