Missionary Converted

Once, on Facebook I wrote:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/10/daniel-everett-amazon

Daniel Everett went to teach the Gospel to tell the Gospel to the Amazonian Pirahã people. Instead he lost his faith, discovered a counter-example ( he believes ) to Chomskian universal grammar, and lost his marriage and the relationship with his children. A fascinating story.

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