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I think in Chomsky's case his work in linguistics actually overshadows his political work because he is so foundational. I wonder how popular Chomsky's radical
by sudioStudio64 11y ago
I think in Chomsky's case his work in linguistics actually overshadows his political work because he is so foundational.
I wonder how popular Chomsky's radical left views actually are among techies...assuming what I hear about libertarian views being prevalent...its not necessarily a natural fit.
- a8da6b0c91d 11y ago> he is so foundational. And somewhat discredited at this point? I don't care to write up a bunch, but his ideas about universal grammar built on genetic properties have not fared well over the years. I know he's done other stuff, but that seems his main claim to fame, excluding the political stuff.
- sudioStudio64 11y agoI'm not a linguist but he seems to get a large amount of credit in that area.
- lrc 11y agoIt is absolutely unimaginable that Chomsky might be uninvited from any conference for anything he has ever said (one piquant example: defense of the Khmer Rouge). Let's face it: the window of conference political acceptability covers the point -infinity. We know the upper bound is finite, and shrinking.