Best of Series: On Human Nature and Human Progress || Noam Chomsky 

This episode is part of The Psychology Podcast's "Best of Series", where we highlight some of the most exciting, enthralling, and enlightening episodes from our archives.
Today it’s great to have the legendary Noam Chomsky on the podcast. Noam is a public intellectual, linguist, and political activist. He’s the author of many influential books, including Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, and his latest book with Robert Pollin called Climate Crisis and The Green New Deal: The Political Economy of Saving The Planet. Chomsky is also known for helping to initiate and sustain the cognitive revolution. He’s the Laureate Professor of Linguistics at The University of Arizona and Institute Professor Emeritus at MIT.
Website: chomsky.info/
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Topics
01:42 The cognitive revolution of the ‘50s and ‘60s
03:59 Noam’s first encounter with behaviorism
12:50 Being part of the cognitive revolution
17:32 Implicit learning and artificial grammar
26:41 Modern-day behavioral genetics
28:15 Noam's thoughts on intelligence
32:12 Noam’s take on creativity
36:27 Chomsky's vs. Foucault's view
40:45 Noam’s thoughts on modern-day social justice movements
47:01 Identity vs. human nature
52:50 Racism and slavery in American consciousness
57:04 Why Noam thinks Trump is the worst criminal in human history
1:03:08 The complexities of the slogan "defund the police"
1:06:31 Noam reflects on his life regrets
1:07:50 Chomsky's life advice
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