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Noam Chomsky has not passed away

by wavelander on 6/18/24, 7:30 PM with 36 comments

  • by solardev on 6/18/24, 7:50 PM

    There 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%3...

    edit: fixed broken URL encoding

  • by bdeshi on 6/18/24, 8:06 PM

    https://x.com/_pinheira/status/1803155896081518754 > Noam is alive. And well. His wife has just confirmed it

  • by SCUSKU on 6/18/24, 7:38 PM

    Is there a more credible source for this than a tweet?

  • by Cherian on 6/18/24, 7:43 PM

    It 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.

  • by rangerelf on 6/18/24, 7:39 PM

    Rest 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.

  • by solardev on 6/18/24, 7:39 PM

    Is there a more reliable source?

  • by virtualritz on 6/18/24, 7:49 PM

  • by potatoman2 on 6/18/24, 7:46 PM

    Back 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.

  • by snsr on 6/18/24, 7:39 PM

  • by dpcx on 6/18/24, 7:50 PM

    Wikipedia 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.

  • by virtualritz on 6/18/24, 7:44 PM

    Let’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.

  • by SubGenius on 6/18/24, 7:42 PM

    RIP to one of the greats.

  • by therealdrag0 on 6/18/24, 7:53 PM

    What’s good place to start reading Chomsky?

  • by loeg on 6/18/24, 8:00 PM

    Tweet is gone now.

  • by smorell on 6/18/24, 9:12 PM

    but, but.... Was it slow and painful?

  • by etc-hosts on 6/18/24, 7:38 PM

  • by TZubiri on 6/18/24, 7:42 PM

    RIP

    Highly influential