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Why linguistics attract so much nonsense is because these “crackpots” are not linguists, according to a linguist.
Scholars of yore, when reflecting upon language, would wonder things such as: which of the contemporary languages was spoken by the first man? Which one is superior to the rest? And which of the human tongues deserves the label ‘divine’? Modern linguists will not touch those with a 10-foot pole.
Given the extensive body of historical knowledge collected since, one would expect that claims of Goropian and Rudbeckian absurdity would be a thing of the past.
That would be wrong, writes Gaston Dorren at Aeon.
