Re:The Portrayal of Early Manned Spaceflight in Hidden Figur...
by Georgelemental on Thursday September 07, 2023 @08:31AM
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Claiming that a fictional account is true is called lying, and lying is wrong.
Re:The Portrayal of Early Manned Spaceflight in Hidden Figur...
by silenthoughts on Thursday September 07, 2023 @10:02AM
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When truth is exaggerated or stretched to further an agenda, then does it still remain the truth? I think the problem I have with people who exaggerate the truth is that they are doing it for a certain reason, and then I have to ask myself what that reason may be. However, I do agree that material like this can be extremely motivating, but imagine if you based your entire career on something you thought was the truth, but later found out was actually made up by someone. I would certainly feel confused and maybe even a bit angry about it.
I don’t know quite how to feel about it, seems that the book did exaggerate a lot of facts in order to tell a story and perhaps should be categorised as a historical fiction, but that does not quite make the book worthless, as even a good story can be a launching point for many talented young women to get into science.
Makes me wonder how many other things I’ve watched and read were edited for the purpose of telling a better story.
Certainly not a reason to cite 1984 though.