Best of Series: On Human Nature and Human Progress || Noam Chomsky

This episode is part of The Psychology Podcast’s “Best of Series”, where we highlight some of the most exciting, enthralling, and enlightening episodes from our archives.

Today it’s great to have the legendary Noam Chomsky on the podcast. Noam is a public intellectual, linguist, and political activist. He’s the author of many influential books, including Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, and his latest book with Robert Pollin called Climate Crisis and The Green New Deal: The Political Economy of Saving The Planet. Chomsky is also known for helping to initiate and sustain the cognitive revolution. He’s the Laureate Professor of Linguistics at The University of Arizona and Institute Professor Emeritus at MIT.

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Topics

The cognitive revolution of the ‘50s and ‘60s
Noam’s first encounter with behaviorism
Being part of the cognitive revolution
Implicit learning and artificial grammar
Modern-day behavioral genetics
Noam’s thoughts on intelligence
Noam’s take on creativity
Chomsky’s vs. Foucault’s view
Noam’s thoughts on modern-day social justice movements
Identity vs. human nature
Racism and slavery in American consciousness
Why Noam thinks Trump is the worst criminal in human history
The complexities of the slogan “defund the police”
Noam reflects on his life regrets
Chomsky’s life advice

About the guest

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Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and social critic. Often called the father of modern linguistics, he is institute professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and laureate professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona.

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Best of Series: On Human Nature and Human Progress || Noam Chomsky

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