Many people would say that all of history is just supposition and conjecture! (Those are fancy words that mean guesses.)
If you don't want to believe anything that you haven't seen yourself, you can say, "Well, I haven't seen it with my own eyes, so I don't believe it."
If we're talking about history we could say, "
No one knows how the pyramids were built, because none of us saw it with our own eyes."
A little skepticism is always good, I admire that! :D
Have a great day!!
歴史の出来事ははただの推測だという人はたくさんいます。
（supposition and conjectureは単純に言うと推測という意味です）
もし実際に自分の目で見たことないものを信じたくないのならば"Well, I haven't seen it with my own eyes, so I don't believe it."と言えます。
具体的に歴史のことについていうならば "No one knows how the pyramids were built, because none of us saw it with our own eyes." と言えます。
このようなことを疑問に思うのはいいことだと思います。
あなたのそのような考え方を尊重します：D
良い一日を!!
It is difficult to prove what you haven't seen for yourself.
Seeing is believing.
I have to see it for myself in order to believe it.
When trying to explain that history from a textbook may not be true because nobody at present was there to see it, you can say:
It is difficult to prove what you haven't seen for yourself.
To prove - To clarify, to put to the test and achieve a positive result.
Another common phrase is:
Seeing is believing.
This means that when you see something for yourself, you can believe it.
I have to see it for myself in order to believe it
This means that when you can see something with your own eyes, you will believe it.
I hope that helps!
現代人のだれかがそれを見たわけではないので、教科書に載っている歴史は真実ではないかもしれないということを説明するには、こう言うことができます。
It is difficult to prove what you haven't seen for yourself.
prove - はっきりさせること、検証をしてそれが正しいという結果を示すこと
こちらのフレーズもよく使われます。
Seeing is believing.
これは自分で見ることで信じられるという意味です。
I have to see it for myself in order to believe it.
これは自分の目で見ることができたら信じるだろうという意味です。
参考になれば幸いです！
History books are just general information about past events, it is not the complete story.
History books are basic information and not the full story so we will never know what really happened.
>History books are just general information about past events, it is not the complete story.
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>History books are basic information and not the full story so we will never know what really happened.
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These are some simple explanations that can be used in the situation.
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History books are just general information about past events it is not the complete story.
History books are basic information and not the full story so we will never know what really happened.
これらの状況で使うことができるシンプルな表現です。
You can't see what happened in the past so you don't know if it is accurate.
It is difficult to prove what you haven't seen for yourself.
"You can't see what happened in the past so you don't know if it is accurate."
"You can't see what happened in the past"
This explains that you can not see it with your own eyes.
"It is difficult to prove what you haven't seen for yourself."
So if you have not seen it you can not prove it happened.
"You can't see what happened in the past so you don't know if it is accurate."
過去にあったことを見ることはできませんので、それが正確かどうか分かりません。
"You can't see what happened in the past"
過去にあったことを見ることはできません
この表現は、自分の目でそれを見ることができないということを説明しています。
"It is difficult to prove what you haven't seen for yourself." So if you have not seen it you can not prove it happened.
自分自身で見たことのない物を証明するのは難しいです。
だからもしそれを見ていないのなら、そのことが起こったということを証明できません。
Anyone can write history. It may be true, a dream or a lie. We should question everything!
I do not blindly accept historical information presented as fact
My belief is that if I did not see it, it may not have happened
It's great that you are questioning the facts that are presented as history. They say that history is written by the victors, so many of the truths and details of the incredible feats of heroism and personal losses endured by the losers may well be suppressed or censored at a later time. There are people who deny the holocaust for example, but because of the incredible body of film, photographs and other media which represents in great detail these tragic events, such people are seen as extremely deluded individuals.
You can't be a witness of the past described in the history books,
You can't go and check what happened in the past
It's impossible to see the events in the past with our own eyes,
１）witness には目撃者を意味する名詞と目撃するという意味の動詞がありますが、witness history in the making（歴史が塗り替えられるのを目撃する）と言う言い回しがあるので、 誤解を避けるために
You can't be a witness of the past described in the history books.
（歴史の教科書にある過去の目撃者にはなれない）
とややくどいですが、名詞「目撃者」を使った言い方にしました。
２）目撃という単語にこだわらなければ、
You can't go and check what happened in the past.
（過去の出来事を見に行って調べることは出来ない）
というのがわかりやすい平易な言い方でしょう。
3) It's impossible to see the events in the past with our own eyes.
(自分の目で過去の出来事を見ることは出来ないので）
と言ってもいいでしょう。
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