Falsely analogizing the past leads people to misapply its lessons

Evidence

Gilovich adds a new twist to George Santayana’s adage that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it: Those who see an unwarranted likeness to the past are disposed to misapply its lessons. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 397 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Historical-evolutionary criticism reorders present perception by politicizing thought about the past — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 23; False historical analogies cause misapplied lessons more than forgotten history — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 397; People often distort evidence to fit preexisting worldviews rather than updating beliefs — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 108 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• False historical analogies cause misapplied lessons more than forgotten history #expands (0.95) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 397
• Dismissing past thought as irrational reduces to smug presentism #complicates (0.74)