Broadcast yourself? We've had quite enough of that, thank you
Published Date:
28 March 2008
By ROBERT MCNEIL
MANY citizens think folk in the past were denser than they are today. In meta- historical circles, this is known as the Reverse Thicko Fallacy.
In fact, Cicero (or, in English, Colin), to take one example, was not as brainy as, say, Henry McLeish.
One of the reasons that, today, we think of the Romans as having been thick and evil was their awful concept of entertainment, which largely c...
The full article contains 1076 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
27 March 2008 10:34 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh
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