https://x.com/_pinheira/status/1803155896081518754 > Noam is alive. And well. His wife has just confirmed it
Is there a more credible source for this than a tweet?
It was the 90s. I was probably in the ninth grade in a small, sleepy little town in the southernmost part of India called Quilon when Noam Chomsky and his wife showed up on a stage and talked about how life has to change culturally to be a developed nation and how linguistic skills should be at the forefront to succeed.
I was probably just 12 years old, but it profoundly impacted this little kid and was etched for the rest of my life.
Rest in peace, Mr. Chomsky. You've impacted more people than you can ever imagine.
Rest in peace Mr. Chomsky.
PS: There's something utterly contradictory announcing his passing on >Twitter< of all places. He's already rolling in his grave.
Is there a more reliable source?
Obituary from Yanis Varoufakis:
https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/06/the-noam-chomsky-...
Back 20 years ago in college I emailed Chomsky with a number of questions about the global issues of the day. I received a detailed, point-by-point response from him that very evening.
For a public intellectual he was really approachable, RIP.
Wikipedia doesn't show him as deceased as of this writing, so I'm inclined to believe that. Multiple news sources report him recovering from a stroke in Brazil, though.
Let’s see how he talks himself out of that one.
Seriously, that man had a profound positive influence on my life in so many ways. What a loss. R.I.P.
RIP to one of the greats.
What’s good place to start reading Chomsky?
Tweet is gone now.
but, but.... Was it slow and painful?
posted 40 min ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40720876
RIP
Highly influential
There is disagreement about whether this is actually true or a hoax/mistake.
Discussion on his Wikipedia article's talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Noam_Chomsky#Is_he_dead%3...
edit: fixed broken URL encoding