Scott Alexander (author/host)
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Maybe the French screwed up every single chance they got to solve problems with only very subtle miracles, so it took a blatant one to do it.
That is a hell of a complexity penalty.
On the other hand, so is any theory that denies her miracles.
Some of them have good explanations.
Such as the weather control?
We've got eyewitness testimony.
Arendelle, written down 20 years later.
Sure, but the fact that the wind changed direction had meaningful military consequences.
And yet most of the popular histories about how cool Joan is don't mention this miracle.
They just say that she got the convoy in.
They are atheist cowards and this is why you should always go back to the primary sources.
Or they read alternate testimony not included in Pernod's collection that disagreed with Denoise's.