How a late-blossoming classics don became Britain’s most beloved intellectual

Re:How a late-blossoming classics don became Britain’s most ... by Red_Tarsius on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @05:46AM (#16272939)

Nassim Taleb criticized Mary Beard for supporting the historical revisionism of the BBC.

– "An exploration of life in Roman Britain shown through the eyes of a typical family." http://i.imgur.com/tg25juJ.jpg

– Sub-Saharan Celts http://i.imgur.com/WSHbj36.png

– A Sub-Saharan English Nobleman, 1215AD http://i.imgur.com/Y5WFtXO.png

– A North-African Norman priest http://i.imgur.com/5JHBzMN.png

– A Sub-Saharan blacksmith, Iron Age Britain http://i.imgur.com/XptrQDP.png

This is far from an isolated incident. Since then, the channel also casted SA Achilles, Zeus and Aeneas (the ancestor of Romulus and Remus).

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Re:How a late-blossoming classics don became Britain’s most ... by ZeroGravitas on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @11:07AM (#16274867)

And weirdly, they continue to pretend to children of the UK that humans from all over the globe and all through time speak perfectly understandable English.

And don't get me started on the talking animals. British zoological research is unlikely to ever recover if they can't get basic details like that right.

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Re:How a late-blossoming classics don became Britain’s most ... by matt4077 on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @12:12PM (#16275418)

There should really be an Attenborough version of Finding Nemo where his mate switches genders and fornicates with his daughters, like any self-respecting clownfish would do.

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