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5. K&R

Reply to mfcorey1 (Original post)

Tue Jul 9, 2019, 10:20 AM

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The first Europeans weren't who you might think [View all] mfcorey1 Jul 2019 OP

Why on earth would a writer set up an article with a white supremacist thesis? Christ. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2019 #1

I'm not understanding your remark. scarletlib Jul 2019 #2

I'm saying that the first paragraph acknowledges white supremacy uncritically, taking it seriously WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2019 #3

Because it has been a very long standing controversial alterntive theory in that discipline? hlthe2b Jul 2019 #4

I don't think it's been 'standing' much for several decades muriel_volestrangler Jul 2019 #9

One doesn't defeat the devastating lies of anti-vaxers by ignoring their lies; so too with other hlthe2b Jul 2019 #10

Is research meant to debunk something we already know is false, or to deepen our knowledge WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2019 #12

Both.. It is foolish to think this does not happen daily in all kinds of scientific disciplines. hlthe2b Jul 2019 #13

Yeah, I worded that poorly. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2019 #14

Many authors probably would have. My guess is this one has been fighting the "vocal opposition" hlthe2b Jul 2019 #15

Fair enough. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2019 #16

He's a journalist, who writes about archaelogy these days muriel_volestrangler Jul 2019 #17

All the more reason to have written it addressing the controversy head-on as journalists typically hlthe2b Jul 2019 #18

I can't find anything saying it still is a 'controversy' muriel_volestrangler Jul 2019 #19

I'd like to think Nazism and white supremacy is not either. I'd be wrong... hlthe2b Jul 2019 #20

That was my reaction, too. DavidDvorkin Jul 2019 #6

I read it exactly the opposite; I don't get how you got there. lagomorph777 Jul 2019 #7

It's like starting an article about new research into wave action by citing flat earthers. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2019 #11

K&R UTUSN Jul 2019 #5

...and that's not even Turkey's oldest sign of civilization! lagomorph777 Jul 2019 #8

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