与美国人谈美国史之三

李兆良

2019.3.2

今天收到的评论来自研究美洲原住民历史几十年的学者。

Ross H. : Both the anthropology and the archaeology are important as well. In our project attempting to prove extraordinary stature among pre-Columbian chieftainships, we found that oral tradition often came in handy with the notes and writings of both these disciplines' exponents and brighter lights. It is disgraceful how NatGeo and the TED talks are subject to the whims of sponsors and dilettantes. I know of three TED talks that have been taken down simply because the speakers sought to inform the public correctly. From birth, we are given a steady diet of lies to digest, and because we are what we eat, it shouldn't be surprising that we ourselves unintentionally misinform even our closest friends from time to time. Sound research armed with love is the only remedy for this. Without Love we may as well kiss the truth goodbye permanently.

【翻译】人类学和考古学都很重要。 在我们试图证明前哥伦布时代的（美国）酋长时代的特殊地位的项目中，我们发现口述历史很有用，经常为这些学科的笔记和著作提供新亮点。 NatGeo和TED讲座受到赞助商和没有诚意的推销者（dilettantes）影响，是不光彩的。 我知道有三个TED讲座已被删除，因为发言者试图告知公众正确的事情。 从出生开始，我们就不断被喂食谎言，因为我们就是我们吃的东西长大的，所以我们自己无意中甚至会不时地误导我们最亲密的朋友也就不足为奇了。 充满爱心的健全研究是解决这个问题的唯一方法。 没有爱，我们可以永久吻别真相。

想。

李兆良 2019.3.2