We can’t really prove that anything in history actually happened

I’m not sure we can have a lot of confidence in history.

Please tell me more?

Well, we can’t really prove anything from history actually happened.

Ah, I think I am starting to understand what you mean. Mind if I ask a clarifying question?

Not at all. Please go ahead.

When you say ‘prove’… what degree of certainty do you have in mind?

We cannot prove history with absolute certainty

We cannot prove history with absolute certainty

I mean that we cannot prove history with absolute certainty. In a normal math theorem for example, we can decisively prove something, right? Right. Well, I don’t see that level of certainty even possible in the area of history. Ah, I see what you mean. Do you find...

Absolute certainty, like proving something in math.
Reasonable and repeatable certainty, like in a science experiment.
Reasonable but not repeatable certainty.