The tendency to assume that because something is old, it never existed.
The tendency to believe that just because
something happened a long time ago, it is rendered invalid.
The inability to realize that the age of an event does not
negate its authenticity.
The inability to realize that just because something is
not happening now does not mean it never happened.
1. Izzy was a victim of historical dumbfounding. Izzy hated reading
history books because it all just happened too long ago.
2. Jim often found himself subject to historical dumbfounding. He couldn't believe that people existed before him that thought the same thing he did.
3.
Alexandria was constantly in a state of historical dumbfounding. Alexandria didn't believe the fact that nearly 38 million people died of
starvation and overwork in the Great Leap Forward, which lasted four years. It happened too long ago.
