Allure of pseudohistory

[Dan D'Silva]

I think it's that many people, for whatever reason, let their hearts rule their heads in what would ideally be evidence-based studies like history. My ancestors should have been the conquerors and the builders of civilisation, ancient people should have shared my modern values, or just there should still be room for fantasy and amazing undiscovered things in the grownup world.

I think Jona's right that real historians don't do such a good job of communicating to the public what's really known and what's really debated, but even if they did, I'm not sure mundane truth would prove quite as popular as pseudohistory that appeals to emotions.