Re: Re[4]: [tied] Re: Scientist's etymology vs. scientific etymology

From: Rick McCallister
Message: 59118
Date: 2008-06-08

--- "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:

> At 11:31:44 PM on Saturday, June 7, 2008, Rick
> McCallister
> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Vennemann is no Greenberg. His work is thought out
> and
> > well elaborated although it often rests on very
> slim
> > foundations. Even if he were completely wrong, he
> would
> > not be a crackpot, just wrong.
>
> I think that his idée fixe has taken him at least to
> the
> edge of crackpot territory.
>
> Brian
>
Even if his principle ideas are wrong, his work is
still valuable for the research he has conducted.