Yesterday's New York Times...

Mon Sep 17 18:56:50 UTC 2007

Dear Alexander,
In the context of your posting: What about Giambattista Vico's dictum 
(one of my most favorite ones):
"Scientia ipsa humana nihil aliud sit ubi efficere ut res sibi pulchra 
proportione respondeant [some sources read: respondiant]." :-)
Best wishes,
Wolfgang

Alexander Gross2 wrote:
> Some of you are likely to find the cover article of yesterday's New York Times Magazine of some interest.  Its brief summary runs as follows:
>
> "Much of what we're told about diet, lifestyle and disease is based on epidemiologic studies. What if it is just bad science?"
>
> I wonder how some of you might feel if  that summation were changed to read as follows:
>
> "Much of what we're told about language and linguistics is based on theoretical and statistical studies. What if it is just bad science?"
>
>
>   

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