Seed Salon: Robert Trivers and Noam Chomsky

[b45100]

Robert Trivas is amazing

[Mortison77577]

I heard rumors that Trivers used to get stoned with students in his office and they got rid of him at one school for that.

[OscarLimaMike]

Very very good stuff....

[blackm0re]

Two great men.

[Nades129]

If you're a student studying cognitive science these two people are a gift

[simchamo]

I'm taking a class with Professor Trivers right now and It's truly a pleasure.

[Nades129]

What course you taking?

[simchamo]

Social Evolution

[wrybosome]

Is there an actual reason why the complete conversation couldn't be posted? I would like to here more but don't want to chase down another 'seed'.

[mrtyles]

a rare video of chomsky having a conversation instead of a debate or interview.

[Meloman0001]

"...kind of like the mafia" - Chomsky hahahaha that summarizes American foreign policy pretty well.

[bastardrob]

That you can read minds.

[jgwphilly1969]

Tell myself what?

[jgwphilly1969]

I love Noam Chomsky and I rarely disagree with anything he says but the Bush Administration is not self-deceived. They know damned well what they are doing and succeeded in what they wanted to do. Furthermore, just because Lydie England is poor or whatever morality applies to her to and she knows damned well what she's doing as well. Joe

[bastardrob]

TELL YOURSELF

[paganiniGOGO]

who knows what they really believe.

The corporate interests behind their actions are not self-deceived certainly, but they could be to some extent.

If you believe Bush is actually the idiot he appears to be that's not very hard to believe. I mean he has no personal motivation for his actions, which made him one of the most hated presidents in history.

[jgwphilly1969]

George Bush is not an idiot, he's a sociopath in my opinion. He is interested in power and oil. He doesnt care if he lied and maybe killed a million people. he was able to continue the war machine and take over the second largest oil supply in the world.

[KentAllard]

someone doesn't say: "I'm going to change the tax structure to give money to the wealthy and screw everyone else"

They say for example: "these rich people are hard working and big contributors to society, why should they be punished?" and stuff like helping the poor will only hurt them and other such things

[AmbientDisorder]

jesuz chomsky is an asshole, always "correcting" people, even when he's trying to be nice...

he may be right, or at least suggestively moral, in his rhetoric but why be such a douce-nozzle?

[bastardrob]

YOU CAN KEEP BEING WRONG IF YOU WANT

[AmbientDisorder]

what? try making sense...

[bastardrob]

What ? Can't you accept correction Trivers doesn't seem to mind.I think he even appriciates it.Thanx for the response.

[artistsandbox]

That was great!

[hamsterpoop]

Trivers is fucking awesome...

[plaing]

what a crock of shit, evolutionary traits of self-deception and how it relates to american foreign policy. puh-leeze.

[hamsterpoop]

yeah it's all bullshit, that's why economists don't study the irrationality of people... and hey, economic policy has nothing to do with political policy, i mean, they dont have anything to do with human behavior...

[Jtea]

I have a high quality playlist of Noam Chomsky Videos on my Channel. So if you want more, feel free to check it. The World needs some facts straight!!

[AgnosticApe]

I JUST DECEIVED MYSELF

[rockingabe]

Does anyone know the name of the song at the end? I

m dying to find out what it is.

[runmonsta]

"safari duo & BB King", sorry don't know the song.

[psykomf]

very interesting conversation and analysis. They cover many, if not all of the questions i had about what chomsky thought on this issue

[XenagogueVicene]

Uniquely in modern history, the rights of women were a central issue in the civil war that raged in Afghanistan '70s-90s. The Islamists were in rebellion against the pro-Moscow (PDPA), which took power in an April 1978 coup. The PDPA sought to implement reforms: land distribution, freeing women from the burka (the head-to-toe "veil"), reducing the bride price, and education for girls. Chomsky joins US Imperialists in siding with the Islamic Reactionaries, some "anti-Imperialist."

[klassyp]

what a trip :)

[moorooduc]

thx for this insightful video. :)

[Charbax]

Why not put the whole video on Google Video and let people pay to watch it complete.

[ammaroo1975]

HOLY SELF-DECEPTION BATMAN!!!

[ryazbeck]

Its because Chomsky knows all.

[thisisme9]

I'm amazed to see Chomsky let someone else talk, though he is barely able to tolerate it; I've never seen him like that! Great video.

[dlunasplato]

I think the context in which we [or I] usually see Chomsky is somewhat antagonistic; he has to defend himself, and/or possibly it is the way we communicate in the political arena.

[CorkyBuchik]

Actually Chomsky was able to speak about as much as Robert Trivers. Also, I didn't notice any sign of Chomsky looking as though he was barely able to tolerate Trivers speaking. Overall, Chomsky and Trivers were pretty much on the same page.

[ryazbeck]

Amazing video. Thanks SEED!