From: Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
Message: 10963
Date: 2001-11-04
>If enough little adjustments accumulate, Renfrew's hypothesis will no longer be its old good self of fourteen years ago. So what? It's healthy to let one's views evolve, and it's a fatal error if one tries to defend the indefensible for fear of losing face. I, for one, am grateful to Renfrew and other authors who made me rethink the linguistic prehistory of Europe (as a result of which my faith in the Pontic homeland evaporated and I began to look round for alternatives), although I couldn't accept Renfrew's linguistic speculation -- he definitely overstepped his competence there.My feelings exactly.