The Eskimo Snow Hoax

The important lesson that all should learn from the Eskimo snow hoax is that it is not sufficient to rely on one research, as renowned as the researcher would be (Whorf in our case). When we come across research findings, we need to cross reference them with other research findings and refrain from taking them for granted. Furthermore we should review our beliefs and check their validity from time to time (Like with “the truth about dinosaurs”).
Despite the prominence of some claims, each hypothesis should be broadly tested by each researcher before taking them as an axiom. Unfortunately the large majority of writers, especially publicists and journalists still cite the factoid uncritically and may be willing to stretch the truth. It seems