"My own view is that almost everything is subject to question, especially if you look at it from a minimalist perspective; about everything you look at, the question is: why is it there? So, if you had asked me 10 years ago, I would have said government is a unifying concept, X-bar theory is a unifying concept, the head parameter is an obvious parameter, ECP, etc, but now none of these looks obvious. X-bar theory, I think, is probably wrong, government maybe does not exist."[40]

In an attempt to salvage his credibility, Chomsky argues that failure and self-repudiation on this scale is normal in science. When Einstein intervened, Newton's more limited conceptions were overthrown. But the difference - as Chomsky well knows - is that physics underwent a genuine scientific revolution, whereas linguistics did not. There is no evidence that Galileo kept changing his mind on fundamentals during his own lifetime, as Chomsky has done. The fact that no Chomskyan claim seems to survive more than a few years suggests that something is wrong.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1982910&forum_id=2#20986552)

his stuff on economics is pure pop-schlock

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1982910&forum_id=2#22653688)

he will be forgotten almost immediately after he dies

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1982910&forum_id=2#22653701)

what is he going to hang his hat on? his Stalinist apologetics?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1982910&forum_id=2#22653935)