What It's Like to Be Noam Chomsky's Assistant

Re:What It's Like to Be Noam Chomsky's Assistant by GigaMos on Monday December 21, 2015 @12:49PM (#10772286)

This is amazing:

I have no idea how Sacha Baron Cohen’s Ali G character sneaked through my gate to ask Noam outrageous things like, "How many words does you know?" and "What is some of them?" I do remember that Noam came to me afterward looking dazed. "No more men in gold suits," he said, sighing.

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Re:What It's Like to Be Noam Chomsky's Assistant by danielvf on Monday December 21, 2015 @12:51PM (#10772306)

Here's the video of that interview - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fOIM1_xOSro

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Re:What It's Like to Be Noam Chomsky's Assistant by davidw on Monday December 21, 2015 @01:02PM (#10772365)

That's off the scale in terms of trolling - one of the funnier things I've seen in a while.

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Re:What It's Like to Be Noam Chomsky's Assistant by will_pseudonym on Monday December 21, 2015 @01:25PM (#10772489)

His C Everett Koop interview is amazing too. http://youtu.be/zeUtCxe-xDg

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Re:What It's Like to Be Noam Chomsky's Assistant by jacquesm on Monday December 21, 2015 @01:21PM (#10772458)

I always thought he was in on the joke, even funnier that he wasn't.

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Re:What It's Like to Be Noam Chomsky's Assistant by cuchoi on Monday December 21, 2015 @01:41PM (#10772602)

Probably he knew and the "No more men in gold suits" line was a joke

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Re:What It's Like to Be Noam Chomsky's Assistant by kawsper on Monday December 21, 2015 @10:33PM (#10775637)

I always liked when he participated in Rap News [0], he seemed to enjoy it.

0, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-rxe9Ayb8c&feature=youtu.be...

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