I wish we had a dozen Chomsky-clones with different views who could argue with each other: NRx-Chomsky, Alt-R Chomsky, Anarcho-Chomsky...
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I'd rather it be Christopher Hitchens instead.
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Hitch might have been the best drunk debater.
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Not sure he was every truly *drunk*, but he was certainly never stone-cold sober hahaha. A wine glass at every debate.
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but his linguistic theories are disproved, supplanted by neural net like learning
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What does it serve to have a very powerful mind and be on the wrong side of every issue?
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Chomsky is both brilliant and flawed. His book "Manufacturing Consent" on the propaganda-peddling corporate media is an important read.
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Of course, a problem with Dr. Chomsky is he's usually wrong, IMHO.
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Matt Levine and Meagan McArdle. Niche audiences, and not nearly as established, but both razor sharp. Tyler Cowen obv. Bloomberg has talent.
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Favorite story is Lacan trolling Chomsky by asking "you say language is innate, so is it, like, an organ?" Chomsky agreed it was
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Jean Raspail - a Prophet
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