Someone Dead Ruined My Life… Again.

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## Music

[veritasium]

Grey, any time you need to talk about Tiff just give me a call.

[scientificconsideration]

I love how Alexander Pope's message was essentially "Thomas Hearne is a hoarding prick" and Grey, after months of excruciating work, basically confirmed it.

[odhgkg]

Grey’s willingness to dive absurdly deep into the most seemingly simple topics just shows how incredibly complex and interesting our world really is

[Color_Splsh]

Grey has just done the real, actual, unironic job of a historian.

[AnimeFan-wdpq]

I love the fact that a 35 page letter roasting a person’s documentation book survived the annals of history and managed to be shared to millions of people to become remembered for ages past its prime.

[Lanfairya]

"Provided nothing of value" - actually, I will be sending this to a friend who is a history teacher who will most likely use it as a way to demonstrate to students how misinformation can take root and be passed down through the centuries and why checking the original source material is so incredibly important. It may actually provide far greater value than you realize.

[lahusahah]

Alexander Pope would probably love how much trouble Hearne's mistakes have frustrated Grey's research. I'd imagine he'd write an open letter to the public criticizing Hearne for causing so much hassle.

[Slashmega]

cgp grey, exasperated: "I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF ANYONE IS STILL LISTENING AT THIS POINT!"
me, being entranced by the centuries old drama about Hearne while eating a Klondike bar: "ya, I'm with ya"

[srsU]

"This path went absolutely nowhere, provided nothing of value, and drained many hours of my sadly finite life."

My research mentor said almost exactly the same thing to me years ago, talking me out of pursuing a PhD. Not all heroes wear capes.

[Burntheguitarist]

The scottish history section being located in a perpetually unlit section of an English library is the most beautifully poetic thing I think I have seen

[speakertomeat]

I love how centuries later Grey finds himself in agreement with Pope's despise of Hearne

[EbonMaster]

I think this is important as it shows how a single person's incompetency can spread misinformation for literally hundreds of years. This is a small thing but how many of these small things are there out there that end up changing the total narrative either through this same level of incompetency or intentionally? The idea is so fascinating to me that it almost makes me wish I took up history.

[bongosmcdongos]

I love how hundreds of years later Hearne is being dumped on by YET ANOTHER popular scholar.

[Wobby]

"Is anyone still even watching?" Yes, me. And loving every second of this batshit crazy journey through minor points in history.

[jackjennaway]

This really makes you appreciate just how much knowledge is out there, perhaps published in only a single book, just waiting to be lost forever.

[JoshSweetvale]

9:00 Alexander Pope literally wrote down: *"To future historians:* This guy's a hack."
And here *we, future historians, * goggle at his spiteful, beautiful foresight.

[sanstheblaster]

I can almost picture Alexander Pope mocking Thomas in the afterlife about how he polluted history for the future generations, screaming "THIS GUY GETS IT" every time Grey critiques Hearne.

[TheModernMartialArtist]

Thomas "The Chronological Order Hitman" Hearne.

[geoffreydesena]

I completely disagree, Grey. This was not at all a waste of time. This was an incredible adventure for you and for all of us. Getting lost in the world's largest library over the course of a year sounds like one of the most fulfilling adventures one could embark upon. After years of freeloading this wonderful content, I'm happy to be able to contribute financially for once.

[madelinegolding]

I’m a PhD student and I just got back from a 7 mile hike turned 16 miles by a wrong turn and, suddenly, the forest of all knowledge analogy just got 1000% more relatable