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Game Day: Sam Harris versus Noam Chomsky - C C - May 17, 2015
The limits of discourse
http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the-limits-of-discourse
EXCERPT: Sam Harris asked Noam Chomsky to engage in a public dialogue about war, terrorism, and surveillance. Their exchange didn’t go well....
RE: Game Day: Sam Harris versus Noam Chomsky - Magical Realist - May 17, 2015
Reminds me of two old dogs growling at each other on the sidewalk. What a waste of their intellects. Maybe debates ARE better held face to face. If at all. To me debating artificially reduces thought to a matter of mere position-taking. As if a mind can be held to a set of truth propositions separate from itself.
RE: Game Day: Sam Harris versus Noam Chomsky - Yazata - May 17, 2015
I'm with Sam Harris on this one.
I can't stand Noam Chomsky. He did some very good work in the philosophy of language decades ago, but has turned himself into a caricature of the left-wing intellectual since.