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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

https://x.com/_pinheira/status/1803155896081518754 > Noam is alive. And well. His wife has just confirmed it

So we do not need LLMs for hallucinations, humans are already good at those?

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

(Edit: Looks like the articles from Jacobin and New Statesman have been taken down.)

From the other thread:

https://jacobin.com/2024/06/noam-chomsky-obituary-media-theo...

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

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40720876

None of them seem to be referencing any sources other than themselves, the Twittersphere, or each other.

Nor would I describe Jacobin or The New Statesman as reliable.

> Nor would I describe Jacobin or The New Statesman as reliable.

He literally wrote articles for both of them. If you don't believe them, why do you care at all if it's true or not?

Typically media orgs have obituaries made for everyone likely to pass (sick, or old age). It would make sense that all media orgs got one handy for Noam as his is rather old.

Let's wait and see.

Those publications are good for after-the-fact in-depth analyses, but they're not really equipped to produce/verify breaking news. It's very unlikely they would hear about something like this before AP, Reuters, etc.

As far as I can tell, neither article has basic facts about his death, either, such as where he died or how.

All of these taken down now until credible verification

Wife verified on phone (according to screenshot) that he is not dead

https://x.com/JoseMSantana10/status/1803152894784581709

Jacobin one reappeared with modified title now: Let’s Celebrate Noam Chomsky, the Intellectual and Moral Giant

heh

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

They took it down

I'm trying to confirm it as well and wasn't able. Never heard of any of those above sources.

It was the 90s. I was probably in the ninth grade in a small, sleepy little town in the southernmost part of India called Quilon when Noam Chomsky and his wife showed up on a stage and talked about how life has to change culturally to be a developed nation and how linguistic skills should be at the forefront to succeed.

I was probably just 12 years old, but it profoundly impacted this little kid and was etched for the rest of my life.

Rest in peace, Mr. Chomsky. You've impacted more people than you can ever imagine.

Rest in peace Mr. Chomsky.

PS: There's something utterly contradictory announcing his passing on >Twitter< of all places. He's already rolling in his grave.

And apparently rose back up from the grave. What a bizarre thing to lie about, even for the Internet

Is there a more reliable source?

Obituary from Yanis Varoufakis:

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

This link is dead now also...

Anything that comes out of that person should be taken with a shovel of salt.

I did the rounds a few mins ago, and there is nothing on BBC, CNN, France24, DW.

For all we know he has passed. I will believe it when I see it in these (or some other credible site), not a joke's twitter/X account.

Is Varoufakis not trustworthy?

Of course not. He's an economist! /s

Not even economists trust him.

Now 404. So that seems to suggest he's not dead.

Snapshot: https://archive.is/P35WA

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.

Obituary - https://jacobin.com/2024/06/noam-chomsky-obituary-media-theo...

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.

Let’s see how he talks himself out of that one.

Seriously, that man had a profound positive influence on my life in so many ways. What a loss. R.I.P.

RIP to one of the greats.

What’s good place to start reading Chomsky?

Understanding Power is a good compilation of his writing and talks on many, many different topics.

I had probably a dozen epiphanies reading that book.

After that, you could read manufacturing consent.

Tweet is gone now.

but, but.... Was it slow and painful?

posted 40 min ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40720876

RIP

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