Noam Chomsky's statement on killing of Osama bin Laden

[Richard Fiero]

Michael F wrote:
>. . . Chomsky and West are of similar sophistic 
>natures.  They are celebrities, not
>philosophers.  Amazing how they turn their back on Obama.  They are
>typical of the "revolutionaries" that particular(not all) institutions
>and departments are creating.  I actually prefer Ward Churchill to the
>turn-coats!  Ward could put on a show and his histrionics are much
>more entertaining and humorous than West's preaching/ hip-hop act and
>Noam's solemn delivery.
>
>Mike

Ignorance of Professor Chomsky's career doesn't 
indicate the absence of an important career. Noam 
was quite a cyborg in his day as Maxwell's Demon 
got loose and became well-funded. But then 
scientists and philosphers have no business doing 
economics, politics or linguistics.

Fragments from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam_Chomsky

the Chomsky hierarchy has also become important 
in computer science (especially in compiler construction and automata theory).

The Chomsky hierarchy is often taught in 
fundamental computer science courses as it 
confers insight into the various types of formal 
languages. This hierarchy can also be discussed 
in mathematical terms[106] and has generated 
interest among mathematicians, particularly 
combinatorialists. Some arguments in evolutionary 
psychology are derived from his research results.

Donald Knuth admits to reading Syntactic 
Structures during his honeymoon and being greatly 
influenced by it. "
I must admit to taking a copy 
of Noam Chomsky's Syntactic Structures along with 
me on my honeymoon in 1961 
 Here was a marvelous 
thing: a mathematical theory of language in which 
I could use a computer programmer's intuition!

the 1999 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science

In Martin, Davis,. "Computability, complexity, 
and languages: Fundamentals of theoretical computer science."