Originally Posted by
Endomyst
More-over, the issue with history as it stands is highly distorted given the fact that back in the days of old those who would win a war also decided they should erase certain historical pivots in order to shift perception toward their favor/line, even today there are events that aren't told accurately of the present and so further distorting the futures point of reference.
There's something that Napoleon (and supposedly Alexander) said that sums up this point, "History is a set of lies agreed upon".
Originally Posted by
Endomyst
This is why, I feel, history is the most relevant feature of the universe, even better is that we can change the past from the present position (via perspective) which then in turn effects the past view thus our present attitudes towards it, meaning that although there are distortions of our history we can at any time choose to acknowledge and alter set events from the future without the need for technological time-travel devices.
Mmm. History is a dialogue between the past and the present.