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> It can not possibly "go deeper" then sourced factual history Honestly, I think that's wrong. "Proper" historians make up a lot of stuff; they tell stories, b
by denton-scratch 3y ago
> It can not possibly "go deeper" then sourced factual history
Honestly, I think that's wrong. "Proper" historians make up a lot of stuff; they tell stories, because otherwise their work would simply be lists of citations. What they do is called history, because they are professional acaemic historians. But professional story-tellers can make up stories based on the same citations.
> It can not possibly "go deeper" then sourced factual history.
OK, well I think "factual history" is a dodgy concept. "Facts" about the past change every decade or so. The past becomes foggy immediately, then it turns into legend, then into myth.
- watwut 3y agoThis is really not true. It is not even true that historical books would actually write stories. Nor is it true that historical fiction would be limited to what was true about history. They literally intentionally make stuff up. That is what they are even expected to do.