[tied] Re: Grimm's Law is about to expire (Collinge 1985, p. 267, T

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "mkelkar2003" <swatimkelkar@...> wrote:

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> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_India_theory>

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> "Mainstream opponents to the OIT (e.g. Hock[11]) agree that while the
> data of linguistic isoglosses do make the OIT improbable it is not
> enough to unequivocally reject it[12], so that it may be considered a
> viable alterative to mainstream views, similar to the status of the
> Armenian or Anatolian hypotheses."

Only if one uses a much looser definition of "viable" than is normal in
academic and scientific discourse. Accepting hypotheses which are
considered improbable but which cannot be unequivocally rejected would
be a violation of Oakham's Razor, and would open the door to all sorts
of crank scholarship.

Best regards,
Ned Smith