ali g interviews noam chomsky

booyakasha check the science with none other than my main man professor Norman Chomsky and amis gonna explain about language why is studying language important languages the core property that basically defines human beings so when animals chat to each other does them talk in language that's more or less a matter of definition I mean ever every organism and has some means of communication including insect how many words does you know the normally humans by maturity have tens of thousands of word for will yeah boy some of them well the ones were using well we know loads of words parachute foie gras he counted out that will be in there you count him up it'll be in the tens of thousand well yeah me four year old cousin Sangeeth he's got a Bangladeshi mum that is that come from Staines represent West Side does you think it'll grow up speaking both languages it varies among different people so for those two languages you call them bilingual many languages you call it multilingual so what you said to me cousin may grow up bilingual in normal circumstances you will but professor Amy wrong to say just because it might be able to speak two languages that in will be in two ladies and all sense of boys I don't actually and there's no connection every by there's no connection at all I mean whether the whether he ends up liking boys or girls he's gonna grow up to be fair you sander bilingual means yelling to languages there's nothing to do with by in the sense that you're thinking of bilingual means having two languages has nothing do with being bisexual would you like it if I called you bilingual I'd love it if I were bilingual I'd love it if I were a multilingual if I had many different languages I'd be a richer person was moulting was that if having too many language no no multilingual means no multi means many Chrisman Ann's boyfriend Eric him always tell me nan that he is Connie lingual how many languages does that mean him speak each again let me say each of us speaks many different languages why don't you create a new language where instead of like the word bread you ask something like mill up or or mifflin oh no no no or Lavina you think you can do people call it luck color or no player would be better than a dog but you can do it if you like it nobody will pay the slightest attention to you because we would just be a waste of time but you could earn a lot of money no you wouldn't because nobody would pay the slightest attention since it's a waste of time yo so check it out you reserved the words of my main man and I listen up be well clever like him and start speaking proper respect okay big up yourself

Channel: monkeysalud

Views: 5,819,848

Keywords: alig

Id: fOIM1_xOSro

Length: 3min 30sec (210 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 05 2006

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[u/ZhouLe]

I find it rather surprising that Chomsky is a monoglot. TIL.

[u/McBloggenstein]

Boutros... Boutros... Boutros... Boutros... Boutros... Boutros...

[u/lesslucid]

I went looking to see if Chomsky had ever commented on this interview, which I thought was very funny. The best I could find was this article, about what being his assistant was like:

https://www.chronicle.com/article/What-Its-Like-to-Be-Noam/234667

During my years with Noam, our door has opened to the amazing, the unexpected, the scary: students, activists, authors, at least one Sufi, political prisoners, movie directors, comedians, political hopefuls, musicians, overwhelmed fans, world-champion boxers, international leaders, Cirque du Soleil clowns, brilliant thinkers, lost souls.

I have no idea how Sacha Baron Cohen’s Ali G character sneaked through my gate to ask Noam outrageous things like, "How many words does you know?" and "What is some of them?" I do remember that Noam came to me afterward looking dazed. "No more men in gold suits," he said, sighing.

I personally think "what are some words?" is a genius question.

[u/MarcusSmartfor3]

Ali G also had a funny interview with Donald trump.

Noam Chomsky was also more open to talking and meeting with Chavez, whom he admired and praised repeatedly.

I don’t know what any of this proves, but I find Sam to be the most reasonable of all the individuals I’ve listed.

[u/seattleskindoc]

Represent Westside !

[u/coffplex]

Thanks for reminding me of this. I need to remember to checkout Ali G more often. I always end up watching dumb, new stuff on YouTube when I could be watching Sacha Baron Cohen at his finest.

[u/__sina]

He follows the anarchist tradition of trying to be accessible. His speeches are easy to follow unlike most academics.

He has little respect for hierarchies and is humble enough to spend his time at the age of 90 to respond to emails from unknown people.

The man is just incredible.

[u/[deleted]]

To me the funniest moment comes at the very start, when he introduces him as Professor Norman Chomsky. Noam is so gracious and sincere here...gotta love that guy.

[u/StansDad_aka_Lourde]

I recently read the email exchange between Harris and Chomsky and thought this was relevant