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historical revisionism
it happened differently than they say it did

Historical Revisionism is the practice of inventing historical events that are contrary to the weight of evidence.

Examples range from the humourous (Stalin's claim to have invented the concept of the subway) to the malevolent (holocaust denial).

Phylogeny of WooWoo (v 1.2)

1. [Theology]
  1. [Immortality]
    1. [soul of dead goes elsewhere]
    2. [soul of dead goes into another body]
    3. [soul of dead hangs around]
    4. [soul of living can leave body]
    5. [soul of dead merges with others]
  2. [Purpose]
    1. [creator]
    2. [guidance]
  3. [Control]
    1. [blessings and curses]
    2. [reward and punishment]
 2. [Pseudosciences]
  1. [scientific errors]
  2. [extraterrestrial life]
  3. [unclassified terrestrial life]
  4. [pseudophysics]
    1. [free energy]
    2. [undetectable energy or forces]
  5. [powers]
    1. [psychokinesis]
    2. [telepathy]
    3. [clairvoyance]
    4. [psychometry]
    5. [precognition]
  6. [health]
    1. [questionable diagnoses]
    2. [questionable treatments]
    3. [natural is healthy]
  7. [pseudopsychology]
    1. [suppressed memory]
    2. [questionable personality tests / lie detectors]
  8. [nature / nurture extremism]
 3. [Pseudohumanities]
  1. [world domination conspiracies]
  2. [cover-up conspiracies]
  3. [urban legends]
  4. [historical revisionism]


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