To: Yaelle
A friend of mine only knew Chomsky as a linguist and was really surprised when I told him Noam was some sort of communist. Apparently old Noam actually contributed something valuable as a linguist.
74 posted on
12/07/2018 5:08:29 PM PST by
Pelham
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To: Pelham
It is true. I had to study him in linguistics too, and I had no idea about his politics back then either.
77 posted on
12/07/2018 11:46:34 PM PST by
Yaelle
To: Pelham
81 posted on
12/07/2022 7:41:01 AM PST by
Borges
To: Pelham
“old Noam actually contributed something valuable as a linguist”
Highly debatable—imho he was a clown—a rebel without a clue.
85 posted on
12/07/2023 10:11:02 AM PST by
cgbg
("Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud.)
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