Happy Birthday Noam Chomsky!

Born December 7^th 1928, Noam Chomsky has become a world renowned linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist and activist. Noam Chomsky is currently a professor in the department of Linguistics and Philosophy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology where his works have influenced fields such as computer science, mathematics and psychology. While a professor at MIT, he published Syntactic Structures a theory of “generative grammar” that transformed linguistics from an indistinct discipline into a major social science.

Outside of the academic realm, Noam Chomsky is an avid political activist where he has described himself as an Anarcho-Syndicalist, which is a branch of anarchism that focuses on the labor movement. Chomsky has expressed his opinions on politics and world events, which are widely cited, publicized and discussed. His most recent activism has been with the Occupy movements where he himself has associated himself with.

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