On the contrary, it's incredibly common for people to want to believe that the ancients were somehow better or wiser than we are, or marvel over supposedly impo

On the contrary, it's incredibly common for people to want to believe that the ancients were somehow better or wiser than we are, or marvel over supposedly impossible feats (see: pyramids, Greek fire, occasionally semi-correct guesses about the nature of the universe). They were just people like us; right sometimes, wrong much more often, but in their case, lacking the tools to verify most ideas.