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> he set back computing by 50 years No opinion on Chomsky's politics. But that quote definitely needs some substantiation. Personally, I don't see how anyone,
by shadowfox 6y ago
> he set back computing by 50 years
No opinion on Chomsky's politics. But that quote definitely needs some substantiation.
Personally, I don't see how anyone, has managed to set back computing by 50 years.
- stjohnswarts 6y agoThey haven't, it's a clear exaggeration, and lacks any substance at all.
- ncmncm 6y agoWhich is not to say he was right about human language acquisition. (He wasn't.) But the three grammar classes were correct, and are still in use. They were later found to match work done 2500 years ago, in India. Being wrong in science, particularly biology, is not a crime, nor, usually, even a shame.