How good are historians about getting it right in the moment?

by TruthOf42

The subreddit has a rule about nothing in the past 20 years, I always assumed this was because it takes that long for people to become unbiased by their emotions and the going-ons in the moment. Is there something special about 20 years? Are we too biased to see the world as it is now? Won't distance from the events possibly cause us to lose sight of something important?

DanKensington

I commend to your attention the Rules Roundtable on the Twenty Year Rule.