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it's important to know that chomsky used the same ideas in the 70s. he defended the biologicism (not sure about english translation of the term) which is basicaly machine learning in sociology. he fell on his face and is probably now in a very good position to throw this criticism.


I'm not sure what you're talking about. Could you provide some references? Chomsky was extremely critical of "the Bell Curve", if that's what you're referring to. (http://newlearningonline.com/new-learning/chapter-6/chomsky-...)


Try to find any of his papers from before 84. he was not a b.f. skinner fanboy, but pretty close, as was almost everyone on the field.


He famously attacked Skinner's ideas in 1967, well before the 80s:

https://chomsky.info/1967____/


That's not really my field. If i recall i will ask the expert to give me a link to post here.




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