Once a false idea is widespread, even if opposed experts agree it is false, it will continue to be cited for years.
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Examples are often pretty interesting to think about why they linger. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo_wo or en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_of_t
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Don't know that one. I like the Eskimo ex as it relates to Whorf: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopi_time actually influential & still debated
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Hrm, jury might still be out. I read Deutscher last year and he flat out called him a fraud neuroanthropology.net/2010/08/31/the It lingers
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