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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus Maximus, post: 4309127, member: 102867&quot;]This is a major problem because bad information is available on the internet for free.&nbsp; It is much easier to obtain incorrect / outdated information, then good information, therefore much of the good work of academics is lost.&nbsp; This is not so much because it is no longer available, but mainly because academic research is overshadowed by incorrect free information.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think this should change. The only way to do this is to cancel the payment wall.&nbsp; I realize that this is difficult, partly because governments have become increasingly reluctant to finance.&nbsp; However, it is very relevant that the general public also has good information, as it ensures that information is widely accepted.</p><p><br /></p><p>The general public is not always reached by books or publications but much more often by &quot;historical&quot; films.&nbsp; Many viewers believe that everything shown in these films really happened.&nbsp; It is therefore important that the information shown in films is broadly correct.&nbsp; Of course there may be some free choice in the script, but the main lines must be correct.</p><p><br /></p><p>A problem that often arises in films and on the internet, for example, is the conflicts between Greeks and Persians.&nbsp; These films often claim that the Greeks stood for freedom and the Persians for oppression.&nbsp; This is historically incorrect.&nbsp; With regard to laws on, for example, women&#039;s rights and justice, we will be more in favor of the laws of the Persians than of the Greeks.&nbsp; The laws that applied to women in Greece preceded Sharia. For women in ancient Greece, only the half of her testimony in a court case counted. Women also had to cover themselves outdoors.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is not easy to find things like this on the internet.&nbsp; If you read about ancient Greece on the Internet, you will almost only find information about Greek democracy.&nbsp; It is often not mentioned that this form of democracy was not the same as we know it today.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, better information about ancient and prehistoric times is available to those with genuine interest.&nbsp; But not for people who rely solely on Google search results.&nbsp; In fact, it would be best if good information became free so that insane theories like some in this thread no longer circulate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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