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

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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.
Website: chomsky.info/
Facebook: Noam Chomsky
Topics
01:42 The cognitive revolution of the ‘50s and ‘60s
03:59 Noam’s first encounter with behaviorism
12:50 Being part of the cognitive revolution
17:32 Implicit learning and artificial grammar
26:41 Modern-day behavioral genetics
28:15 Noam's thoughts on intelligence
32:12 Noam’s take on creativity
36:27 Chomsky's vs. Foucault's view
40:45 Noam’s thoughts on modern-day social justice movements
47:01 Identity vs. human nature
52:50 Racism and slavery in American consciousness
57:04 Why Noam thinks Trump is the worst criminal in human history
1:03:08 The complexities of the slogan "defund the police"
1:06:31 Noam reflects on his life regrets
1:07:50 Chomsky's life advice
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@Aaron-xb4rq 7 ай бұрын

"We don't even pay attention to the fact that we're all fundamentally humans. That we just take for granted." Spot on. It's this fundamental truth which must be rediscovered and lived. Human evolution is both unitive and complexifying, yet we've become unconscious of our inherent unity.

@8500998 6 ай бұрын

I’m puzzled!

@8500998 6 ай бұрын

Noam Chomsky’s human nature is to be free and independent, Yes, but also to be members of groups. Maybe his advice is to be puzzled if you want to be a creative person.

@8500998 6 ай бұрын

Would you please call Noam back. We really need to ask him: What is the path forward for Israel & Palestine. Please, you have him number & psychology is the key. So you can add insight into how to safely unwrap the rigid ego on an individual level & rebuild with better pillars. Please Scott!!!

@8500998 6 ай бұрын

What I would like to see is someone asking Noam Chomsky the 10 things we need to change to have a real American, votor info books, vote by mail, plan to go 80% WWS, publicly funded elections, money out of politics, increasing the amount of democracy in our everyday lives including schools, cops…these are the things Noam knows and he’s got the plan in his head that is wise. That would be an awesome interview, if he ruled the world, how would it be different, his wish’s seem like they would be smart, well thought, clear. Get someone to ask him that please. @biden!

@elevatetogenerate 6 ай бұрын

you should have said that this was an old episode

@lcuddy12 7 ай бұрын

Did Chomsky seriously compare working at Amazon and having a 5 minute break with living under Stalin?

@lcuddy12 7 ай бұрын

@@Besthinktwice Yeah I remember when I worked at Target and had to wear red and take short breaks and thought, "Man I might as well be in Nazi Germany!" The comparison is absolutely ridiculous to the point of being embarrassing. Thought control, secret police, state approved education and literature only, being murdered or imprisoned for not conforming, etc - this was life under Stalin. Yes obviously there are issues with capitalism but ridiculous, ironically dogmatic false analogies are not the best means of advancing the discussion.

@lcuddy12 7 ай бұрын

@@Besthinktwice Great argument.

@lcuddy12 7 ай бұрын

@@Besthinktwice Another great argument. Two for two! Truly you have a dizzying intellect.