Thoughts on Noam Chomsky?
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Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, political activist, and social critic. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. Studies of foreign languages makes a political activist important in your realm of thought. He's got a great body of work behind him. For decades he was the quintessential dissident. For the most part I have the greatest of respect for him. He's a powerful intellectual. That said, Ed Herman was always the smarter of the two in my opinion. He was much less interested in popularity than Chomsky however. Very private man. 1
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He's got a great body of work behind him. For decades he was the quintessential dissident. For the most part I have the greatest of respect for him. He's a powerful intellectual. That said, Ed Herman was always the smarter of the two in my opinion. He was much less interested in popularity than Chomsky however. Very private man. I just picked up a book called "On Noam Chomsky: Critical Essays" at the library. I watched a few speeches of his on youtube and thought he was pretty smart. I will have to look more into Ed Herman, he seems to have a common genius trait in being introverted. I just picked up a book called "On Noam Chomsky: Critical Essays" at the library. I watched a few speeches of his on youtube and thought he was pretty smart. I will have to look more into Ed Herman, he seems to have a common genius trait in being introverted. Anything written or spoken by either is worth reading/listening to bro. I read Ed Herman's new book, The Politics of Genocide, about a year ago. Well worth reading. Have you ever heard of a guy called John Pilger? Australian journalist based out of the UK. He's another guy who has written some fantastic anti-establishment books. |
