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THE SECRETS OF WORDS - NOAM CHOMSKY ANDREA MORO...

Two distinguished linguists on language  the history of science  misplaced euphoria  surprising
facts  and potentially permanent mysteries. In The Secrets of Words  influential linguist Noam
Chomsky and his longtime colleague Andrea Moro have a wide-ranging conversation  touching on
such topics as language and linguistics  the history of science  and the relation between
language and the brain. Moro draws Chomsky out on today's misplaced euphoria about artificial
intelligence (Chomsky sees lots of hype and propaganda coming from Silicon Valley)  the study
of the brain (Chomsky points out that findings from brain studies in the 1950s never made it
into that era's psychology)  and language acquisition by children. Chomsky in turn invites Moro
to describe his own experiments  which proved that there exist impossible languages for the
brain  languages that show surprising properties and reveal unexpected secrets of the human
mind. Chomsky once said  It is important to learn to be surprised by simple facts-an expression
of yours that has represented a fundamental turning point in my own personal life  says
Moro-and this is something of a theme in their conversation. Another theme is that not
everything can be known  there may be permanent mysteries  about language and other matters.
Not all words will give up their secrets.

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