We Remember Noam Chomsky, the Intellectual and Moral Giant

I was too lazy to log out but could see this much from Google search. Pinker said, (28 minutes ago): "Reports today of Noam Chomsky's death (in Jacobin and New Statesman, since taken down) were greatly exaggerated. I have confirmation from..."

dang• 2 years ago

Recent and related:

Noam Chomsky 'no longer able to talk' after 'medical event' - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40641361 - June 2024 (424 comments)

switch0072• 2 years ago

EDIT: they deleted it

https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/06/the-noam-chomsky-...

New Statesman saying he's died too

andrewinardeer• 2 years ago

Surprised his Wikipedia page has not been updated. Yet.

solardev• 2 years ago

Tried to add the death, but other editors are still in disagreement. It's not solidly confirmed yet. I don't think either Jacobin or New Statesmen are reliable sources for this kind of news (they don't usually do breaking news like that).

Debate about it on the talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Noam_Chomsky#Is_he_dead%3...

wut42• 2 years ago

New Statesman deleted it as well

toomuchtodo• 2 years ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky

leobg3• 2 years ago

They have a discussion going on:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Noam_Chomsky#Is_he_dead?

leobg3• 2 years ago

I had always had wanted to ask him if he didn’t think now that his critique of BF Skinner’s “Verbal Behavior” had been wrong after all, and that LLMs are the experimental proof of Skinner’s idea that simple conditioning can give rise to something that, to us, looks like intelligence.

Now I’ll never know.

(But maybe the two of them can have a discussion now in the afterlife, now that their worldly egos and public opinion are out of the way.)

leto_ii2• 2 years ago

He has discussed this in recent interviews and talks e.g. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/opinion/noam-chomsky-chat...

his critique of BF Skinner’s “Verbal Behavior” had been wrong after all

btw, this is in no way proven (or true imo).

foldr3• 2 years ago

I'd be fairly cautious in assuming that these more recent coauthored pieces by Chomsky represent his views very accurately. They're pretty crude by his standards and don't really read like his writing (though he may well have signed off on them in some sense).

leobg3• 2 years ago

Skinner isn’t mentioned in the article.

bdeshi• 2 years ago

https://x.com/_pinheira/status/1803155896081518754

Noam is alive. And well. His wife has just confirmed it

ChrisArchitect• 2 years ago

Title of article reappeared with modification: Let’s Celebrate Noam Chomsky, the Intellectual and Moral Giant

disorg123• 2 years ago

https://x.com/safbf/status/1803154724415287513 Not dead "Shameful and sad that Valeria Chomsky had to deny news of Noam Chomsky’s death over the phone here in Brazil, because a bunch of places decided to publish pre-written obituaries and posts at the first online rumour."

aborsy3• 2 years ago

Does anyone know why was he taken to Brazil? I know his wife is a Brazilian, but still. Perhaps medical costs?

It’s a very sad news for many of us. Still, knowing what happens with a massive stroke, I think it’s in his best interest to go. It’s going to be horrible, and the situation with caregivers is even more difficult.

cassianoleal2• 2 years ago

Chomsky, 95, had been admitted to hospital in Brazil, where the couple resides

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/activist-noam-chomsky-...

He wasn't taken, he lives there according to the Standard. Good for him as well! It's an awesome place to be in. :)

aborsy3• 2 years ago

No, he was taken by a rental jet from US to Brazil.

ughitsaaron• 2 years ago

My apologies.

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireStory/noam-chomskys-wife-r...

SpaceGlow• 2 years ago

The moral midget is still alive. Known Khmer Rouge fanboy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodian_genocide_denial?wpro...

We Remember Noam Chomsky, the Intellectual and Moral Giant

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