Talk:Michael Ventris
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Can anyone verify this passage added by an anon?
Interestingly enough, Ventris' initial hunch had been that if any language emerged from his endeavour, it would be Etruscan
I thought the initial theory was that LB was early Greek. adamsan 08:59, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC).
- Have checked and rewritten to clarify. adamsan 09:09, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- It may be worth mentioning that scholars were virtually unanimous that it was not Greek. (IIRC Ventris tried Greek for a fit almost as a lark, after noticing the structure of the words that could already be interpreted as 'boy' and 'girl'.) FWIW, there were still scholars insisting that it couldn't possibly be Greek as recently as the 90s. — B.Bryant 13:44, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Shouldn't much of this be moved to the Linear B article? Apart from the first and last line, the rest is all about Linear B and doesn't concern the man Ventris. I think that other stuff should be written here (about Ventris, his life, family, education. etc.). On the other hand, this vital information presented here is missing from Linear B! I think it must be restructured. --Spryom 11:24, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
Simon Baron Cohen, a specialist in autism, writing in his book 'The Essential Difference', diagnoses Ventris as having had Asperger's syndrome. Maybe this should be added? - A.C.
- Seems to me you can't diagnose someone without examining him. What did Cohen actually say? Hm, I wikified his name before Showing Preview and he's notable. "In Baron-Cohen's book, The Essential Difference (2004), he argues there are innate differences between male and female brains. Female brains are predominantly wired for empathy, he reasons, whereas male brains are predominantly wired for 'understanding and building systems.' He describes autism as an extreme version of the male brain, which he postulates as an explanation for why autism is more common among males." But what did he say about Ventris? Evertype 16:20, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
