Noam Chomsky has not passed away • Hacker News Board

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.

Re: Noam Chomsky has not passed away

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Post by virtualritz » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 7:49 PM UTC

Obituary from Yanis Varoufakis:

https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/06/the-noam-chomsky-...

Re: Noam Chomsky has not passed away

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Post by baybal2 » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 7:50 PM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #11

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Re: Noam Chomsky has not passed away

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Post by solardev » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 7:50 PM UTC

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

Re: Noam Chomsky has not passed away

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Post by dpcx » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 7:50 PM UTC

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.

Re: Noam Chomsky has not passed away

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Post by inbalboa » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 7:50 PM UTC

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Re: Noam Chomsky has not passed away

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Post by virtualritz » Tue, Jun 18, 2024, 7:50 PM UTC

SCUSKU wrote: post #3

Is there a more credible source for this than a tweet?

New Statesman has published an obituary. See my previous post here.