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Did you just say Noam Chomsky is just a really good troll? He does seem fond of meeting his critics as having "virtually no comprehension of the work they are d
by andreyf 17y ago
Did you just say Noam Chomsky is just a really good troll? He does seem fond of meeting his critics as having "virtually no comprehension of the work they are discussing", being "technically correct, but completely irrelevant", etc.
- nazgulnarsil 17y agochomsky adulation within the academic community is a huge pet peeve of mine. the man is a hypocrite. he makes wide ranging commentary on fields he has no background in.
- andreyf 17y agoDitto regarding the pet peeve, but I just don't like his attitude - I've repeatedly seen him be combative in completely unnecessary ways. Also, he uses complicated words when simple ones would do.