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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 (Secure Voter ID. Mexico has it, because unlike us they take voting seriously)
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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
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To: Pelham

He turns 94 today.


81 posted on 12/07/2022 7:41:01 AM PST by Borges
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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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