(May 13, 2023 at 2:04 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(May 13, 2023 at 1:32 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote: Basically, yes. Of course, we can make an exception if the study has a particularly bad methodology and its conclusions are very implausible. But that's not the case with the Gary Kleck's study. Gary Kleck's study has a better methodology than my latest, and by far the best I made, study in social sciences does, and probably better methodology than any study in comparative linguistics or linguistic typology can possibly have. Gary Kleck's methodology cannot be the reason to reject his study and rely solely on intuition.
Wrong. Kleck’s methodology is suspect and his conclusions are at variance with the observed facts. You’ve been repeatedly give evidence and reasons why Kleck is wrong, but you continue flogging the deceased equine.
Boru
Because your "reasons why Kleck is wrong" make less sense than Levy's reasons why he thought Semmelweis was wrong.