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The problem seems to me to be a misplaced scientism. The only questions of interest are those that meet a very strict definition of science. I agree that science should be strictly defined in such a constricting way, but I deny that the questions which fall thereunder are the only ones of interest! To ignore half the problem is a recipe for disaster.
— Dec 12, 2021 01:20AM
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Christopher
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"We don't like what this person says so we're going to take his word and define it in a way that makes it incompatible with his usage, then we're going to mock him for using the word wrongly." This seems to be Chomsky's MO whenever anybody comes up with arguments discomforting to Chomsky.
— Dec 17, 2021 03:15PM
Christopher
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The most flawed assumption is the one that language is distinctly human. How can such a claim possibly be justified based on anything but our own ignorance? And especially with Chomsky's idea that language is internal rather than external, I truly can't believe there's justification for pretending we know what the internal mental life of any animal is. Speciesism is the basis of linguistics, no wonder it fails so!
— Dec 13, 2021 05:27PM
