Thank you for this comment - it's edifying, and I will highlight it in my next post, though, as you acknowledge, it's not really the point regarding The Thirteenth Child. (Then again, part of why I'm doing this post series is basically to give a centralised point for blocking attempted derails. It's working for me, at least, because in more than one case my response to people bringing various beside-the-point stuff into the discussion is just: "Been done. Here." with a link to the post. So, you know, I actually am in favour of localised sidetracking, sort of.)
After all, the problem is not just sweeping aside the survivors - it's also her stated assumption that this doesn't make a major difference to the way the history pans out, which... hell no.
Re: Megafauna & first nations
Thank you for this comment - it's edifying, and I will highlight it in my next post, though, as you acknowledge, it's not really the point regarding The Thirteenth Child. (Then again, part of why I'm doing this post series is basically to give a centralised point for blocking attempted derails. It's working for me, at least, because in more than one case my response to people bringing various beside-the-point stuff into the discussion is just: "Been done. Here." with a link to the post. So, you know, I actually am in favour of localised sidetracking, sort of.)
After all, the problem is not just sweeping aside the survivors - it's also her stated assumption that this doesn't make a major difference to the way the history pans out, which... hell no.