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Linguist explores 1,000 Ancient Greek words with no Indo-European origin

Defender argues article uses effective pedagogical framing

3 Sep 18 6:41 AM · 5d ago · 2 comments · 1 source · development 3 of 4

Commenter lordleft pushed back against criticism, characterizing what critics saw as clickbait as effective use of a reductive idea to set up more complex analysis, describing the piece as engaging writing.

Defender argues article uses effective pedagogical framing
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“What you see as clickbaity I see as using a reductive idea to set the stage for a more complex one. I just think this is good, engaging writing.”

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