Thread: Noam Chomsky

Originally Posted by Milkman

Originally Posted by DrB0b

^Damn! There's a big debate in the linguistic community at the moment about the errors in Chomsky's transformational grammars. I can't understand a word of it. I was hoping Booner could explain it to me.

There always was and always will be debate in the linguistic community about this and that.

And Chomsky's linguistic work, while heuristic, is outdated.

But linguistics ain't the topic. If you want a linguistic forum PM me.

I know many linguistic forums and post on them, thanks, it's something that interests me greatly but right now it's not relevant. Right now, on Teakdoor as opposed to a specialized forum, I'm interested in Boon Mees' statement that

That's about the only thing he's been right about in his entire 'career'.

I don't want a linguistic debate here, I just want Boon Mee to back up that statement. I have a strong suspicion he's talking rubbish - if he's not I'll admit he was right, but I want to hear why he thinks that everything Chomsky said, except in regard to Oswald, is wrong, remember that Chomsky has said a lot of things in many different areas. Nobody has yet been able to prove hm wrong in everything. Boon Mee says he can do it and that's a pretty big deal - I for one can't wait for him to expose Chomsky for the fraud Boon Mee says he is. I'll say here and now that I think Booner is making it up and doesn't understand 1% of what Chomsky says. I'm asking him to put his money where his mouth is, I don't think he can do it. He says almost everything Chomsky has said is wrong, I want Boon Mee to show us how that is the case. Go back in this thread, this time read all the responses, and tell us if you agree with Booners statement that everything Chomsky has said, with the sole exception of Oswald being a lone gunman, is wrong.

I have a sneaking suspicion that many in the anti-Chomsky camp know nothing whatsoever about him except what they've read on blogs - I don't believe for an instant that Boon Mee has ever read a book or heard a lecture by Chomsky but I'm asking him to prove me wrong by backing up his statement that

Originally Posted by BoonMee

That's about the only thing he's been right about in his entire 'career'.

Is that clear? It's not about linguistics - it's about people making sweeping statements without backing them up. Chomsky is seen in Europe as one of the world's greatest living intellectuals, I want Boon Mee to show us how somebody who's considered one of the worlds greatest living intellectuals is wrong in everything he's ever said aside from Oswald not being a lone gunman.