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I hate to be the party pooper, bit I don't think video games, memes and music are valid sources of knowledge. They can be great to spark interest, but should always be validated by further research.
(Your great history teacher might have made mistakes, too.)
Hence why the title is "Wherever you learned to love history"
My bad, I missed the 'to love' part. To be fair though, I came across just a few too many people claiming they 'learned history from video games and Sabaton' so maybe we can agree that my comment is meant more general and not targeted at this meme?
Once it has been validated, what would you then say the source of the knowledge gained was?
The research material you used to validate the other stuff with.
You just said it, the research validates the source where you learned the fact. In this case, it's a video game lol. The medium doesn't matter, only that the information is correct
Yeah, obviously. My original point however is that video games and music are not reliable sources.
You tell me obviously, but you just told otterpop that the research material used to validate the other stuff with would be the source.
I don't necessarily disagree with the original point, I'm just pointing this part out.
Both is true though. If the fact in the video game was correct, it is how you learned about it, hence it is your source of knowledge. Also, the research material with which you confirmed the fact is a source of knowledge. And if that fact in the video game wasn't true, then the research material is a source but not the video game.
However, I wouldn't list a video game as a source when I talk about historical facts but only as an initial spark of interest that led me to research said historical facts.