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Noam Chomsky has not passed away
- etc-hosts 2y agoposted 40 min ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40720876 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40720876
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- SCUSKU 2y agoIs there a more credible source for this than a tweet?
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 2y ago(Edit: Looks like the articles from Jacobin and New Statesman have been taken down.) From the other thread: https://jacobin.com/2024/06/noam-chomsky-obituary-media-theory-elites/ https://jacobin.com/2024/06/noam-chomsky-obituary-media-theo... https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/06/the-noam-chomsky-i-knew https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/06/the-noam-chomsky-... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40720876 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40720876
- EA-3167 2y agoNone of them seem to be referencing any sources other than themselves, the Twittersphere, or each other. Nor would I describe Jacobin or The New Statesman as reliable.
- input_sh 2y ago> Nor would I describe Jacobin or The New Statesman as reliable. He literally wrote articles for both of them. If you don't believe them, why do you care at all if it's true or not?
- HenryBemis 2y agoTypically media orgs have obituaries made for everyone likely to pass (sick, or old age). It would make sense that all media orgs got one handy for Noam as his is rather old. Let's wait and see.
- solardev 2y agoThose publications are good for after-the-fact in-depth analyses, but they're not really equipped to produce/verify breaking news. It's very unlikely they would hear about something like this before AP, Reuters, etc. As far as I can tell, neither article has basic facts about his death, either, such as where he died or how.
- ChrisArchitect 2y agoAll of these taken down now until credible verification Wife verified on phone (according to screenshot) that he is not dead https://x.com/JoseMSantana10/status/1803152894784581709 https://x.com/JoseMSantana10/status/1803152894784581709
- ChrisArchitect 2y agoJacobin one reappeared with modified title now: Let’s Celebrate Noam Chomsky, the Intellectual and Moral Giant heh
- virtualritz 2y agoNew Statesman has published an obituary. See my previous post here.
- freehorse 2y agoThey took it down
- fernandopj 2y agoI'm trying to confirm it as well and wasn't able. Never heard of any of those above sources.
- solardev 2y agoIs there a more reliable source?
- snsr 2y agoObituary - https://jacobin.com/2024/06/noam-chomsky-obituary-media-theory-elites https://jacobin.com/2024/06/noam-chomsky-obituary-media-theo...
- rangerelf 2y agoRest in peace Mr. Chomsky. PS: There's something utterly contradictory announcing his passing on >Twitter< of all places. He's already rolling in his grave.
- johnnyanmac 2y agoAnd apparently rose back up from the grave. What a bizarre thing to lie about, even for the Internet
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- SubGenius 2y agoRIP to one of the greats.
- TZubiri 2y agoRIP Highly influential
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- Cherian 2y agoIt was the 90s. I was probably in the ninth grade in a small, sleepy little town in the southernmost part of India called Quilon when Noam Chomsky and his wife showed up on a stage and talked about how life has to change culturally to be a developed nation and how linguistic skills should be at the forefront to succeed. I was probably just 12 years old, but it profoundly impacted this little kid and was etched for the rest of my life. Rest in peace, Mr. Chomsky. You've impacted more people than you can ever imagine.
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- virtualritz 2y agoLet’s see how he talks himself out of that one. Seriously, that man had a profound positive influence on my life in so many ways. What a loss. R.I.P.
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- potatoman2 2y agoBack 20 years ago in college I emailed Chomsky with a number of questions about the global issues of the day. I received a detailed, point-by-point response from him that very evening. For a public intellectual he was really approachable, RIP.
- virtualritz 2y agoObituary from Yanis Varoufakis: https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/06/the-noam-chomsky-i-knew https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/06/the-noam-chomsky-...
- johnea 2y agoThis link is dead now also...
- HenryBemis 2y agoAnything that comes out of that person should be taken with a shovel of salt. I did the rounds a few mins ago, and there is nothing on BBC, CNN, France24, DW. For all we know he has passed. I will believe it when I see it in these (or some other credible site), not a joke's twitter/X account.
- virtualritz 2y agoNow 404. So that seems to suggest he's not dead. Snapshot: https://archive.is/P35WA https://archive.is/P35WA
- solardev 2y agoThere is disagreement about whether this is actually true or a hoax/mistake. Discussion on his Wikipedia article's talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Noam_Chomsky#Is_he_dead%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Noam_Chomsky#Is_he_dead%3... edit: fixed broken URL encoding
- dpcx 2y agoWikipedia doesn't show him as deceased as of this writing, so I'm inclined to believe that. Multiple news sources report him recovering from a stroke in Brazil, though.
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- therealdrag0 2y agoWhat’s good place to start reading Chomsky?
- loeg 2y agoTweet is gone now.
- bdeshi 2y agohttps://x.com/_pinheira/status/1803155896081518754 https://x.com/_pinheira/status/1803155896081518754 > Noam is alive. And well. His wife has just confirmed it
- realaleris149 2y agoSo we do not need LLMs for hallucinations, humans are already good at those?
- smorell 2y agobut, but.... Was it slow and painful?
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