A Conversation with Noam Chomsky and Howard Gardner

October 10th, 2016 in the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Gutman Library.

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[syedalishanzaidi]

What a privilege to listen to this great man. Especially what he has to say about language. His breadth of understanding surpasses anyone else's, and his ready memory of countless names of people, dates, books and facts relating to so many diverse topics and disciplines, is just amazing. Others may specialize in their own fields, but hardly anyone will ever speak so comprehensively again after him.

[mhikl]

Thank you for posting the actual date this discussion took place, 10 Oct 2016.
I have never seen Howard Gardner in conversation, but I do have his epub, "Theory of Multiple Intelligences" which I shall now get round to reading.
Noam is still looking healthy, and that mind continues to be so well focused.

[saintcyberchaos]

if you want to skip the introduction..
5:18

[lopasrokas]

What a pleasure to watch this. Thank you<3

[meawilliams]

It is a real pleasure to watch the conversation with Noam Chomsky and Howard

[KellyGerling]

This is a great account by two fine thinkers of the birth of the field of cognitive science, and cognitive psychology. Both Noam Chomsky and Howard Gardner are intellectual and moral American treasures.

[leahcim]

Sitting here late at night in Deep South Carolina.

Getting all "Lerned-Up".

Thank you sincerely for making this available.

[walidibrahimali]

Immortality of Chomsky's & Gardner's innovations in language & psychology.

[yasirzainal]

Let's try to listen aa much as we can from this man before we lose him ... i hope un a very long time! ... what a human!

[hosseingolebostan]

thank you very much indeed Noam and Howard. I myself owe you a lot for what I know.

[janiceberigay]

i have been so amazed always by this brilliant man since my freshman days... now ive been a teacher, its been always my favorite topic.. Kodus to this masterpiece of God.. :)

[FuaConsternation]

i must say, although the white noise of the fan or whatever is making that background sound is annoying, it's less distracting than having constant coughing.

[gerhardheise]

Still very valuable to me. Noams own way of understanding himself, even understanding origin of the affair we are all in.

[zlatinapetrova]

Is it weird that I am having a tiny fan girl moment here?...

[xrxs]

I've learned a lot from Chomsky over the decades. Without detracting from his strengths, it's fair to say he has blind spots just like anyone. Knowing THAT fact is worthwhile knowledge. In other words, our wise elders may have valuable perspectives which society needs, but like all of us, they have a long way to go before they even approach the all-knowing status wrongly imputed to them by younger people. I'd guess Chomsky would agree.

[waindayoungthain]

With my sacrifice 🙏🏼, what’s I wrote is by my thoughts in pictures and my feelings expressed from my experience. I learned English as a second language. It’s not good examples. But it’s my curiosity that I liked to find out what I doubt. I love to read and learn. I tried to find out the truth so I loved especially in the field of science, minds with morals and love to live with nature where in reality it’s paradoxically when I saw while I traveled with my family. We always lived at the borders provinces since my father was a Governor, near Burma, Cambodia and in time of the people ran away from Burma, Cambodia and also the Vietnam wars. I saw how much trouble they were. I always believe in Peace from my childhood as my father told me and help them as much as we can.
For computers, it’s from my doubts and observation. I loved to live with my friends here 🙏🏼💕.

[HueyTheDoctor]

Could you not increase the gain on Chomsky's mic? The host is loud and clear, but I can barely hear Noam. Good job.

[fabiolapavetto]

Is there any transcription of this conference?, because it's very difficult to follow. It's a pity.

[KeskinCookin]

I should be making cooking videos but here I am swimming in the oceanic knowledge of two great minds.

[Len]

24:00 Reminds me of a horribly cheesy joke my undergrad cognitive psych. professor told us: "Two behaviourists are laying in bed after having sex and one says to the other, 'I know that was good for you, but was it good for me?'" Got as many laughs as you'd expect.