tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post4485888652775141778..comments2024-02-22T19:21:40.330-05:00Comments on Muhlberger's World History: Caveat lector!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-12404053776095150642010-05-27T11:00:11.584-04:002010-05-27T11:00:11.584-04:00The press release, in this instance, wasn't re...The press release, in this instance, wasn't really a fair reflection of the paper, which was a lot less ambitious and more careful (because after all, the Royal Society does have a fairly well-policed cachet). But its lack of ambition was one of its problems, from a historical point of view. If it proves anything, that thing is not very interesting... Thankyou for the link as ever, Steve!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-23391234105209031442010-05-26T11:04:43.250-04:002010-05-26T11:04:43.250-04:00One of the key giveaways that should set the "...One of the key giveaways that should set the "I smell a Bozo" meter swinging is: There is a press release. Press releases sell novelty. When will the next one, linking Pictish and Mayan symbology and determining that both groups were linked to the Templars and the Masons, come out?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18036318734862192846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19833734.post-64256982649055838152010-05-25T12:13:20.848-04:002010-05-25T12:13:20.848-04:00I one read an attempt to redo historical linguisti...I one read an attempt to redo historical linguistics with the help of sophisticated mathematical tools, and it came up with some surprising results which might have been interesting, except that the method also missed some of the most obvious and unquestionable relationships, for example, the relationship between Portuguese and Spanish.John Emersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12058849885222086640noreply@blogger.com