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is Noam Chomsky a quack?
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Date: June 29th, 2012 8:28 PM Author: demanding chapel kitty 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. |
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Date: August 29th, 2012 7:00 AM Author: Gay Brunch 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: iridescent roast beef 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: Maize up-to-no-good depressive 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) |
Date: June 29th, 2012 8:30 PM Author: irradiated overrated lay 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: at-the-ready new version dysfunction 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: Excitant Weed Whacker (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: deranged tanning salon hominid (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: Translucent Ladyboy He's a legit linguist albeit probably wrong
his stuff on economics is pure pop-schlock |
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Date: February 17th, 2013 12:54 AM Author: deranged tanning salon hominid he is an overrated nincompoop he will be forgotten almost immediately after he dies |
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Date: February 17th, 2013 1:01 AM Author: Racy aqua heaven 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: Turquoise marvelous shitlib cuckoldry 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? |
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Date: February 17th, 2013 10:55 AM Author: out-of-control fishy state 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: Balding yapping mood 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: Carnelian Indian Lodge Persian 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: Turquoise marvelous shitlib cuckoldry 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: Curious charcoal plaza (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: Painfully honest multi-colored stock car 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: Pink cowardly circlehead 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: iridescent roast beef 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: zombie-like goal in life bawdyhouse (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: Balding yapping mood 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: Balding yapping mood Godfather of linguistics (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1982910&forum_id=2#48516657) |