That's true, but it doesn't generate feedback to bad historians.

For example, if a country gets into an unnecessary war because of bad history, the historians aren't penalized.

> There was a reason that the government created and spent so much on the Ministry of Truth in Orwell's 1984. If you control people's understanding of history, you can have a big impact on what they do in the future.

Bingo, and it's not just govt that tries to influence history to influence the future.

Note that there's nothing in here that encourages accuracy.