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He mentions his credentials(or lack thereof) as the first thing in the video. Did you even look at the video for a second?
Perhaps he's trying to decide whether it's worth the time. Video is not a good format for skimming around to get a quick overall impression.
Is this guy a linguist, published in peer reviewed publications? It's so easy to make up stuff regarding language, that sounds reasonable, but has nothing to do with reality.
See the recent LK-99, Stanford president and Dan Ariely
I really wish we could get over the whole idea that universities and journal have a monopoly on knowledge in the age of the internet.
It really is an antiquated view, literally.
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Perhaps he's trying to decide whether it's worth the time. Video is not a good format for skimming around to get a quick overall impression.
They evidently made no attempt at all and want others to do the work for them
Is this guy a linguist, published in peer reviewed publications? It's so easy to make up stuff regarding language, that sounds reasonable, but has nothing to do with reality.
Are you also saying that those who publish in peer reviewed journals don’t make stuff up? See the recent LK-99, Stanford president and Dan Ariely I really wish we could get over the whole idea that universities and journal have a monopoly on knowledge in the age of the internet. It really is an antiquated view, literally.
PIE is fascinating. I desperately wish we knew more about that culture
IMO we know too much (though obviously still too little) about PIE and not enough about non-PIE languages, and I find those much more interesting.
We know much about Proto-Semitic AND Proto-Afro-Asiatic, thankfully, due to the antiquity of recorded Semitic languages in the Near East. Proto-Austronesian seems to be clear too with the 600+ languages we have access to. Unfortunately the languages between the three (Caucasians, language isolates, Tibeto-Burman, Andamanese, Turko-Mongol-Yeniseian Altaic* sprachbund etc) are much more obscure.
Yeniseian (the originator of such words as Tengri, Kha(g)an, etc) being connected to Native American Apache language was pretty amazing and evidence of the importance of paleo-linguistics in finding out informations about our ancestors
I think all the focus on PIE derivatives is boring and we should get Europeans some better languages without pointless features like noun genders.
Is this guy a linguist, published in peer reviewed publications? It's so easy to make up stuff regarding language, that sounds reasonable, but has nothing to do with reality.
Are you saying that we should only listen/read to people who are? The first thing he says is that he’s not a linguist.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
He mentions his credentials(or lack thereof) as the first thing in the video. Did you even look at the video for a second?
Perhaps he's trying to decide whether it's worth the time. Video is not a good format for skimming around to get a quick overall impression.