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Is this guy a linguist, published in peer reviewed publications? It's so easy to make up stuff regarding language, that sounds reasonable, but has nothing to d
by borissk 3y ago
Is this guy a linguist, published in peer reviewed publications?
It's so easy to make up stuff regarding language, that sounds reasonable, but has nothing to do with reality.
- turndown 3y agoHe mentions his credentials(or lack thereof) as the first thing in the video. Did you even look at the video for a second?
- SoftTalker 3y agoPerhaps he's trying to decide whether it's worth the time. Video is not a good format for skimming around to get a quick overall impression.
- jjallen 3y agoThey evidently made no attempt at all and want others to do the work for them
- turzmo 3y agoThe question is reasonable, it’s often not a good time to watch a video and one might want to know if it’s worth coming back to. The problem is that the tone is abrasive.
- isaacfrond 3y agoI agree entirely. I would applaud a ban on video posts for HN.
- iamflimflam1 3y agoUsed to be very unusual to see any videos make it to the front page. But it seems to be happening more often recently.
- mdp2021 3y ago> Video is not a good format for skimming around to get a quick overall impression Download the subs. yt-dlp --skip-download --write-sub [...]
- forgotpwd16 3y ago>Video is not a good format for skimming around to get a quick overall impression. True but the question asked is answered at 0th second.
- jjallen 3y agoAre you saying that we should only listen/read to people who are? The first thing he says is that he’s not a linguist.
- isaacfrond 3y agoIn a first approach, yeah, that sounds pretty reasonable.
- jjallen 3y agoAre you also saying that those who publish in peer reviewed journals don’t make stuff up? See the recent LK-99, Stanford president and Dan Ariely I really wish we could get over the whole idea that universities and journal have a monopoly on knowledge in the age of the internet. It really is an antiquated view, literally.
- astrange 3y agoLK-99 was never published in a journal, it was on arxiv.
- forgotpwd16 3y agoVideo should be regarded as science journalism. It's made by someone not doing research in topic but educated enough to follow research and reproduce it in manner suitable for the general public. Preferably though they should've cited the used sources.
- diogenes4 3y agoGood researchers are often bad educators, and vice versa. It doesn't matter so long as the information is good, and the credentials of the speaker are a poor signal for quality of information.