Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weinersmith for October 25, 2016

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    Ida No  about 8 years ago

    That pretty much addresses the questions regarding all animals.

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    John Wiley Premium Member about 8 years ago

    Not all that many people like adult Noam Chomsky.

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    Qiset  about 8 years ago

    As long as he sticks to linguistics he’s okay. Just keep him away from political discussions or economics.

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    Mister Will  about 8 years ago

    I always imagined that our baby must have thought we were stupid because we kept asking him the same questions over and over. Which one is the cow? What does the cow say? Which one is the square? Which circle is blue? etc.He’s probably thinking, "Dude, my parents sure do forget things quickly:

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member about 8 years ago

    Koko has a lot to say about Noam Chomsky.

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    Earle H Landry  about 8 years ago

    Unwanted truths are his speciality. Linguistics is just his job.

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    gammaguy  about 8 years ago

    African grey parrots, on the other hand….

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    Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo]  about 8 years ago

    Chimps have shown they can learn signing to a remarkable degree as have gorillas. No one has tried with bonobos yet.

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    Caesar'sWife Premium Member about 8 years ago

    Doesn’t seem so strange. Nobody likes him now, either. That isn’t just a figure of speech.

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    SusanSunshine Premium Member about 8 years ago

    Night-Gaunt…. if you’re going to go around correcting people…..

    I guess I should point out to you that you’re wrong (" by a long shot.") about bonobos.

     

    Just Google “Kanzi” and you’ll see a lot of information.

     

    And whatever his political opinions…and usually he and I are on the same side…..

    Noam Chomsky is NOT known as a likeable fellow….

     

    He’s argumentative…. not the cuddly sort….

    and among other things, he asserts that all language training in simians is bogus and entirely unlike human speech.

    There are linguists and language teachers on both sides of that debate….

    but he is strident.
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