•Both
sides had the same data, but came to opposing conclusions.
Neither side thought the other was doing “Real Linguistics.”
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• “Oppenheimer and I often have the same facts
on a question and come to opposing decisions – he to one, I to another. Oppenheimer has high intelligence. He can’t be analyzing and interpreting the facts
wrong. I have high intelligence. I can’t be wrong. So with Oppenheimer it must be insincerity,
bad faith – perhaps treason” (Alvarez, p. 160).