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[–] BoiseNTheHood ago
So do you. I'd win most of the arguments, though. :)
Think of it this way. Ben Carson was an absolute genius neurosurgeon. He separated conjoined twins. He revived and modernized the practice of hemispherectomy, a procedure that controls severe epilepsy in infants. He figured out how to treat trigeminal neuralgia, a condition that makes people suffer from such severe facial pain that they consider suicide. He became the youngest director of a major division at Johns Hopkins at age 33. He's authored hundreds of peer-reviewed papers and multiple best-selling books. The guy was an innovator in his field. That being said, does his success in neurosurgery give credence to his wacky Seventh-day Adventist ramblings?
Likewise, Chomsky is a great linguist. Does that mean he should get a pass for fringe views like denying the Khmer Genocide, writing off Mao's planned famines as "policy failures," and defending Holocaust deniers?
[–] Kurplow ago (edited ago)
There is reason to think those criticisms about Chomsky are fabricated by detractors.
Here is one article about it.
[–] BoiseNTheHood ago
And here's that same guy getting owned by someone who's smarter than him.