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Noam Chomsky, 95, ‘no longer able to talk’ as intellectual’s ‘health deteriorates’
(www.independent.co.uk)
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Will be forever beholden to his work on language and grammar. Made it bearable to sit through a pointless CompSci class.
I thought his language theories were disproven?
Chomsky is considered one of the founders of cognitive science. He was the only person who was able to argue away Skinner's conceptualization of language. Were it not for him, behaviorism may still have been dominant.
I urge anyone downvoting these comments to refute Steve. Downvoting without honest criticism is just petty
Steve sounds like your typical Redditor posting about a famous person who has made monumental strides in academia. I'm guessing Steve also has ready-to-paste arguments for anyone who says that Stephen Hawking was intelligent.