Nowadays, numerous people believe that studying history is useless due to its insignificant impact over current occurrence, while others argue that learning history can help in understanding today’s phenomenons as it provides the cause and effect of events chronologically. I believe learning about past events is important, as we can learn to see its unique pattern to predict the future.
On the one hand, the past is irreversible and has no impact over today because no one can change it by learning it. In contrast, the present and future are significantly more important than the past because people still have control over it, thus still changeable. Moreover, solving today’s problem with an old way from the past is outdated and less effective compared to modern solutions with advanced technologies, so it is less beneficial to study from the past. For instance, studying a past natural disaster does not change its effect on today’s environment.
On the other hand, learning from past events can help us to understand today’s occurrences as it provides the origin of events. Having knowledge of the origin of something may help us to make better decisions for the future. Moreover, history tends to repeat itself, resulting in a unique pattern that may help in predicting the future. As a result, it is important to count on historical events especially in scientific research. For example, some states of nature such as storms usually have specific cycles that can be studied through their past events.
To conclude, even though studying history can not change any past events, it indeed can give better understanding of today’s origin and predict future occurrences.