Noam Chomsky answers audience questions about the CIA and other topics.

Noam Chomsky was part of a panel discussion in Madison, WI on 4-6-09.
He addressed questions from the audience on many topics.

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News & Politics

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[tarnopol]

Well done, On The Earth Prod! Well filmed.

[ontheearthproduction]

thank you

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[Irtidad]

Good to see Noam more lively and energetic.

[tubegeg]

Chomsky ROCKS!

[jimanHK]

Prof Chomsky as always simple and clear,respect!!

[shwwnn]

what's he playing with his hand? He's always twirling it in almost every video of him.

[stoprainingonme]

@getmealightbeard I think that it was the end of the sentence. I think it cuts out because they edited out the questions and left Chomsky's answers.

[getmealightbeard]

Why does it cut out as he states "As for Obama's foreign policy, it's probably more Hawkish as Bush..." and 4:28? Chomsky doesn't typically leave a statement hanging like that, I smell something fishy.

[TheGodlessGuitarist]

@mtb416

"if that's his reasoning than I think he should find a new line of work!"

that doesn't follow for me. could you elaborate?

[TheGodlessGuitarist]

@mtb416

I have to admit, I havent read Chomsky yet, though I have listened to him many times.

Conventional philosophy asserts that logically sound arguments with proven premises are correct. Sound to me like you just need to check his premises.

[mtb416]

@TheGodlessGuitarist Well if that's his reasoning than I think he should find a new line of work!

[TheGodlessGuitarist]

@mtb416

here goes again...

"Problem is that when using secondary research people have a problem of entertain the idea that all of it could be false."

That's the beauty of cross reference and examination.

"Noam is more about critique than he is reasons why"

When charged as you just have, in one interview he responded unequivacably, and to paraphrase: "solutions? Don't do the crime! DUH!"

[TheGodlessGuitarist]

@mtb416

oh crap, YT didnt take my comment

[mtb416]

@TheGodlessGuitarist In other words, I believe many of his assumptions in his theories are highly subjective and in relation to his own thought processes or world view.

The behaviors he cites for proving his assumptions are usually logical, it is just that "logical" does not mean "right."

So anyways, I agree to disagree with Chomsky on many things. I will say he is great at critiquing language and politics but not at providing correct assumptions, in my opinion.