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We Remember Noam Chomsky, the Intellectual and Moral Giant

by ughitsaaron on 6/18/24, 6:52 PM with 36 comments

• by ughitsaaron on 6/18/24, 10:03 PM

  My apologies.

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

• by bdeshi on 6/18/24, 8:07 PM

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

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

• by disorg123 on 6/18/24, 8:20 PM

  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."

• by leobg on 6/18/24, 7:46 PM

  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.)

• by aborsy on 6/18/24, 8:23 PM

  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.

• by dang on 6/18/24, 7:12 PM

  Recent and related:

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

• by switch007 on 6/18/24, 7:21 PM

  EDIT: they deleted it

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

  New Statesman saying he's died too

• by elproxy on 6/18/24, 6:54 PM

  I am not sure his death is confirmed though. Apparently he had a new stroke.

• by ChrisArchitect on 6/18/24, 8:09 PM

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

• by toomuchtodo on 6/18/24, 7:44 PM

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

• by SpaceGlow on 6/18/24, 10:24 PM

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