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He's hugely influential in the field; arguably dominant in a way that is unhealthy for a field. Acolytes will say he's influential because of merit, detractors will say it is because of rhetorical skill, sophistry. I hope there will come a time when press releases no longer breathlessly announce Chomsky's theories falsified for the umpteenth time, but rather actual progress.



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