Did the Catholic church fabricate 300 years of history? No, but some people truly believe the conspiracy theory.
Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science newsContrary to what you might believe, you aren't actually living in the 21st Century. Instead, you're in the 1700s, and the reason that most of you don't recognize this fact is that the elites of the early medieval period worked hard to deceive you. At least, that's what German historian Herbert Illig puts forward in his phantom time hypothesis.
Do any of these claims hold up against scrutiny? "Everything serious I've ever read about the phantom time hypothesis says it's all rubbish," says Hamon. "These claims really can't be supported. Illig is just stirring the pot, and here we are discussing it, so I guess he's doing well there. But no one has any serious evidence for this."In fact, there's no shortage of convincing evidence to contradict Illig's theory.
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