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is Noam Chomsky a quack?

As it turned out, not a single one of Chomsky's earth-shatte...
cerebral purple corner jewess
  06/29/12
cite - http://www.conservapedia.com/Noam_Chomsky
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http://marxistupdate.blogspot.com/2011/02/real-noam-chomsky....
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ljl @ newton's conceptions being limited. nobody outside of ...
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Chomsky is a very smart man who tried to make progress in th...
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yeah
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He's a legit linguist albeit probably wrong his stuff on ...
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he is an overrated nincompoop he will be forgotten almost ...
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Very wrong
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what is his legacy? all his work in his field is in doubt (...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chomsky_hierarchy
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MIT
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he is a jew.
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this
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Date: June 29th, 2012 8:28 PM
Author: cerebral purple corner jewess

As it turned out, not a single one of Chomsky's earth-shattering discoveries has proved remotely on a par with "the discovery of waves, particles, genes and so on" in the physical sciences. Even the basic notion of "deep structure" was discarded long ago and is nowadays not mentioned. The Empty Category Principle (ECP), X-bar theory, binding theory and so on and so forth - virtually the entire corpus of Chomskyan technical concepts and terms - got thrown overboard years ago. "Minimalism" meant exploring Chomsky's personal "intuition" that language is "perfect", which in turn meant calling into question just about everything:

"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)



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Date: August 29th, 2012 7:00 AM
Author: Soul-stirring Hominid Roast Beef

cite - http://www.conservapedia.com/Noam_Chomsky

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1982910&forum_id=2#21449137)



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Date: February 22nd, 2014 4:38 AM
Author: Electric kitty

http://marxistupdate.blogspot.com/2011/02/real-noam-chomsky.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1982910&forum_id=2#25064624)



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Date: January 3rd, 2025 11:29 PM
Author: tats

ljl @ newton's conceptions being limited. nobody outside of pop $ci fraud GPS satellites uses relativity in any serious capacity for the benefit of mankind.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1982910&forum_id=2#48516638)



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Date: June 29th, 2012 8:30 PM
Author: iridescent supple stage legend

Chomsky is a very smart man who tried to make progress in the social sciences and failed. He can only be blamed for barking up the wrong tree.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1982910&forum_id=2#20986564)



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Date: June 29th, 2012 8:39 PM
Author: maniacal cocky office tattoo

yeah

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1982910&forum_id=2#20986597)



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Date: August 29th, 2012 6:59 AM
Author: Beady-eyed degenerate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1982910&forum_id=2#21449136)



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Date: February 17th, 2013 12:48 AM
Author: glittery stock car



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1982910&forum_id=2#22653664)



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Date: February 17th, 2013 12:52 AM
Author: big-titted pisswyrm liquid oxygen

He's a legit linguist albeit probably wrong

his stuff on economics is pure pop-schlock

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



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Date: February 17th, 2013 12:54 AM
Author: glittery stock car

he is an overrated nincompoop

he will be forgotten almost immediately after he dies

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



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Date: February 17th, 2013 1:01 AM
Author: at-the-ready forum

Very wrong

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1982910&forum_id=2#22653720)



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Date: February 17th, 2013 1:44 AM
Author: Indecent trump supporter skinny woman

what is his legacy? all his work in his field is in doubt (see OP/link)?

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)



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Date: February 17th, 2013 10:55 AM
Author: rambunctious home dysfunction

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chomsky_hierarchy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1982910&forum_id=2#22654624)



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Date: September 10th, 2023 3:40 PM
Author: impressive milk kitchen

MIT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1982910&forum_id=2#46779693)



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Date: February 17th, 2013 1:38 AM
Author: lavender friendly grandma senate

he is a jew.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1982910&forum_id=2#22653906)



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Date: February 17th, 2013 1:40 AM
Author: Indecent trump supporter skinny woman

this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1982910&forum_id=2#22653920)



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Date: March 16th, 2014 4:23 AM
Author: orchid razzle sanctuary party of the first part



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1982910&forum_id=2#25198338)



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Date: February 17th, 2013 1:38 AM
Author: Cracking crackhouse

can he dance

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1982910&forum_id=2#22653912)



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Date: February 17th, 2013 2:05 AM
Author: Fragrant chest-beating native puppy

Academic history will not treat him kindly. When he's gone there will be plenty of young academics tearing his linquistics work apart when they don't have to worry about Chomsky trying to kill their careers. He's a small man and will be remembered as such.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1982910&forum_id=2#22653999)



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Date: February 17th, 2013 2:05 AM
Author: Electric kitty

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1982910&forum_id=2#22654004)



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Date: June 23rd, 2023 4:58 PM
Author: haunting abode blood rage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1982910&forum_id=2#46464519)



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Date: September 10th, 2023 3:39 PM
Author: impressive milk kitchen

https://www.inventorofemail.com/noam-chomsky-on-invention-of-email-va-shiva-ayyadurai.asp#Statement-1

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1982910&forum_id=2#46779689)



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Date: January 3rd, 2025 11:44 PM
Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK


Godfather of linguistics

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1982910&forum_id=2#48516657)