Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
Avram Noam Chomskyis an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, logician, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes described as "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. He has spent more than half a century at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is Institute Professor Emeritus, and is the author of over 100 books on topics such as linguistics, war, politics, and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTeacher
Date of Birth7 December 1928
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
When leaders carry out policies for decades that have no consequences for the stated goal and are very costly, you have to ask whether they are telling you the truth or whether the policies are for a different goal, because they are not reducing drug use.
It's only terrorism if they do it to us. When we do much worse to them, it's not terrorism.
Quite generally, international affairs have more than a slight resemblance to the Mafia. The Godfather does not take it lightly when he is crossed, even by a small storekeeper.
. . . among all grammars meeting this condition (of adequacy), we select the simplest.
Libertarian socialism is properly to be regarded as the inheritor of the liberal ideals of the Enlightenment.
Farming out atrocities to paramilitaries is standard operating procedure.
We're supposed to worship Adam Smith but you're not supposed to read him. That's too dangerous.
If we move toward the weaponisation of space, we can bid farewell to the planet. The chances of survival are very slight.
States are not moral agents.
Sooner or later, jihadist-style terror and WMD are going to come together and the consequences could be horrendous.
Anti-Americanism is a pure totalitarian concept. The very notion is idiotic.
Humans may be destroying their chances for decent survival. It won't kill everybody, but it would change the world dramatically.
The general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know.
One of the greatest dangers is secular religion - state worship.