Is it true that US throws out countries who don't embargo Cuba out of the international financial system? Europeans and Canadians have been tourists for decades. I wonder what his explanation are for the desperate protests that happened in Cube a few months ago followed by brutal crackdowns.
And about that poisoning of 1 million children in Gaza? Is that true? And doesn't Hamas misappropriate huge sums provided by the European Union?
Would have been interesting to have heard about his opinions on Venezuela and what his friend (I believe) Hugo Chavez did.
In terms of universal language.....it's really hard to find properties that are de novo in a species. Perhaps we will see that archaic humans and near-humans also had speech, and that their speech was related to communication among other hominids and intermediaries.
Good comment. Moreover, Palestinians can import enough stuff into Gaza to build rockets, but apparently they cannot have access to medical supplies. I don't know too much about this, but Dr Google tells me that the Israeli blockade does not extend to medicines and medical equipment or food. And the blockade exists for a reason; when there are no rocket attacks, the blockade is eased. Attacking another country with rockets is an act of hostility. On this and most other foreign policy issues, Chomsky takes a highly contentious position (extremely pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli); he should be challenged on these points rather than letting his claims stand. I heard Bret Stephens of NYT on the Israeli-Palestinian issue, he is a pro-Israel hawk and I don't think his views are balanced; but seems to be a lot more factual than Noam Chomsky.
All of this KILLED ME during the interview. I read this book back in high school and it's what turned me AGAINST my own very liberal worldview. Ancedata only.
I'm astonished how #1 he's famous for a theory that is known to be wrong (about grammar).
#2 He gets to say these massive oversimplifications as if they are true. Of course at that massive of a generalization, all of them will be false. All you need is a couple details. I feel like some amount of intelligence is knowing that any generalization will be false. Where's the intelligence here?
The whole thing made me think even less of Noam Chomsky. In order to get more done, he should consider retiring. I bet his position could go to someone who could actually accomplish something in linguistics. (Some amount of science stagnation has come old people not retiring.)
he's still so full of nonsense after all these years. This idea that 'we' can't do anything about what happens in other countries so we shouldnt bother trying, utter rubbish. Dont know why you bothered to interview him to be honest, he has nothing new or valuable to contribute that you couldnt have got from one of his books from two decades ago
Chomsky claimed that the US was poisoning the water in Gaza. I found this on Wikipedia. Only 5-10% of the aquifer yields drinking water quality. By 2000, the water from the Coastal Aquifer in the Gaza region was considered no longer drinkable due to high salinity from the sea water intrusion and high nitrate pollution from agricultural use. This from another source I don’t know. Israel's blockade of Gaza severely limits materials from entering, making it incredibly difficult to develop water and sanitation infrastructure to meet the needs of a growing population. Our country is far from perfect but Chomsky simply hates this country that he thrives in. He should count his lucky stars he does not live in China, Russia and countless other countries.
I was surprised. This was my first experience of Chomsky after many years of hearing about him. I expected a razor-sharp intellect -- I had always figured that even though I'm sure Chomsky is wrong about many important things, he would completely shred me in an argument. In the event, I heard the anti-Americanism and anti-Zionism that I expected, but was surprised by the consistent non-answers to your questions. He came off more like a politician holding fast to his talking points like he was gripping the altar than like an intellectual. I supposed it's just an effect of age.
Yascha, thanks for rebroadcasting your discussion with Noam Chomsky. I wish him continued long life, but for me he's Exhibit I for the proposition that it's a mistake to assume that a recognized expert in one field of study is therefore a universal expert in everything, or even anything more valuable than the random citizen about anything outside his or her particular field of expertise.
Yascha, I wish you hadn't been so neutral.
Is it true that US throws out countries who don't embargo Cuba out of the international financial system? Europeans and Canadians have been tourists for decades. I wonder what his explanation are for the desperate protests that happened in Cube a few months ago followed by brutal crackdowns.
And about that poisoning of 1 million children in Gaza? Is that true? And doesn't Hamas misappropriate huge sums provided by the European Union?
Would have been interesting to have heard about his opinions on Venezuela and what his friend (I believe) Hugo Chavez did.
In terms of universal language.....it's really hard to find properties that are de novo in a species. Perhaps we will see that archaic humans and near-humans also had speech, and that their speech was related to communication among other hominids and intermediaries.
Good comment. Moreover, Palestinians can import enough stuff into Gaza to build rockets, but apparently they cannot have access to medical supplies. I don't know too much about this, but Dr Google tells me that the Israeli blockade does not extend to medicines and medical equipment or food. And the blockade exists for a reason; when there are no rocket attacks, the blockade is eased. Attacking another country with rockets is an act of hostility. On this and most other foreign policy issues, Chomsky takes a highly contentious position (extremely pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli); he should be challenged on these points rather than letting his claims stand. I heard Bret Stephens of NYT on the Israeli-Palestinian issue, he is a pro-Israel hawk and I don't think his views are balanced; but seems to be a lot more factual than Noam Chomsky.
All of this KILLED ME during the interview. I read this book back in high school and it's what turned me AGAINST my own very liberal worldview. Ancedata only.
I'm astonished how #1 he's famous for a theory that is known to be wrong (about grammar).
#2 He gets to say these massive oversimplifications as if they are true. Of course at that massive of a generalization, all of them will be false. All you need is a couple details. I feel like some amount of intelligence is knowing that any generalization will be false. Where's the intelligence here?
The whole thing made me think even less of Noam Chomsky. In order to get more done, he should consider retiring. I bet his position could go to someone who could actually accomplish something in linguistics. (Some amount of science stagnation has come old people not retiring.)
I think he was better earlier, he is simply too old now, but he was always a bit conspiratorial, like many people on the extreme Left or Right.
he's still so full of nonsense after all these years. This idea that 'we' can't do anything about what happens in other countries so we shouldnt bother trying, utter rubbish. Dont know why you bothered to interview him to be honest, he has nothing new or valuable to contribute that you couldnt have got from one of his books from two decades ago
Chomsky claimed that the US was poisoning the water in Gaza. I found this on Wikipedia. Only 5-10% of the aquifer yields drinking water quality. By 2000, the water from the Coastal Aquifer in the Gaza region was considered no longer drinkable due to high salinity from the sea water intrusion and high nitrate pollution from agricultural use. This from another source I don’t know. Israel's blockade of Gaza severely limits materials from entering, making it incredibly difficult to develop water and sanitation infrastructure to meet the needs of a growing population. Our country is far from perfect but Chomsky simply hates this country that he thrives in. He should count his lucky stars he does not live in China, Russia and countless other countries.
Although I have not been especially well-versed on the subject of identity politics I gleaned no new insight into it from this conversation.
I was surprised. This was my first experience of Chomsky after many years of hearing about him. I expected a razor-sharp intellect -- I had always figured that even though I'm sure Chomsky is wrong about many important things, he would completely shred me in an argument. In the event, I heard the anti-Americanism and anti-Zionism that I expected, but was surprised by the consistent non-answers to your questions. He came off more like a politician holding fast to his talking points like he was gripping the altar than like an intellectual. I supposed it's just an effect of age.
Yascha, thanks for rebroadcasting your discussion with Noam Chomsky. I wish him continued long life, but for me he's Exhibit I for the proposition that it's a mistake to assume that a recognized expert in one field of study is therefore a universal expert in everything, or even anything more valuable than the random citizen about anything outside his or her particular field of expertise.
Hasan Minaj is a more convincing critic of US foreign policy than Noam Chomsky. As a South Asian, I am proud of him!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmo6lZcdkO0