History is replete with scientists whose brilliance won them a Nobel Prize – only to go on to tarnish their legacy by promoting quackery and pseudoscience.
We don't have to rewrite Greek history to centre African influences in order to argue that a fictional character like Helen of Troy could be played by a black actor.
Regulating the Industrial Revolution didn't stifle innovation, it ensured technology served the people – regulating Big Tech and AI can do the same today.
From Viking horns and dirty serfs to the plucky underdog role of Britain in World War II, history is replete with oft-repeated – but factually incorrect – myths.
Prior to its closure, the journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine retracted hundreds of papers due to concerns over their validity.