I had no idea

[james_davis_nicoll]

As pointed out in email, JEP on evolution.

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[(Anonymous)]

I'd suggest linguistics, myself. We know even less about the origin of languages than we do about the origin of life.
Gareth Wilson

[avram]

Maybe Pournelle can take up Babelism:

Third, there is NO evidence that transitional languages ever existed. What use is half a language? A noun without verbs conveys no meaning! Sure, there is middle and old- English. But these are ENGLISH! A complete nontransitional language. We do not deny that micro-linguistics can happen, but this process can create only DIALECTS. There is NO EVIDENCE that a series of random micro-linguistic events can create a WHOLE NEW LANGUAGE. I'll believe in Macro-linguistics when I see a video tape of a child growing up in an Eskimo village suddenly become fluent in Armenian! It takes A LOT MORE FAITH to believe in atheistic linguisticism than the truth of Babelism.