[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>For myself, noting and agreeing with the assertion of the  general function of
>institutions like MIT in capitalist society and as instruments of expanded
>reproduction of that system, a few like Noam Chomsky do slip through and
>manage to survive.

It was explained to me once that at MIT, Chomsky is thought of as the
Einstein of linguistics, a scientific giant. His politics are marginal to
that reputation - just a personality quirk I guess.

Doug



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