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Showing Original Post only (View all)If You Lose Chomsky ... [View all]
If You Lose Chomsky ...
JOSH MARSHALL NOVEMBER 27, 2013, 5:19 PM EST11069
Perhaps it had to fall to Noam Chomsky of all people to deliver the ultimate smackdown to 9/11 Truthers.
"There happen to be a lot of people around who spent an hour on the Internet and think they know a lot of physics. But it doesn't work like that ... There's a reason there are graduate schools in these departments."
Video after the jump ...
This is probably more snark on Chomsky than many would like. Chomsky is a radical but also an empiricist, not a conspiracist. I respect that.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/chomsky-not-on-board-with-911-truth
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To be clear, I'm not very interested when he just gives his opinion without supporting argument
struggle4progress
Nov 2013
#33
I think I understand your LOL: Chomsky, at his worst, seems to me entirely unhelpful
struggle4progress
Nov 2013
#34
...you've lost Chomsky. And he admits he has no opinion or relevant expertise.
BelgianMadCow
Nov 2013
#5
I'm a civil engineer (licensed in 3 states) and my background is not in structures, but...
Blanks
Nov 2013
#8
To lose something, first you have to own it. It was never the case with Chomsky.
jakeXT
Nov 2013
#28