> This was Chomsky’s impossible dilemma. Somehow, he needed to ensure: a) that the research he was conducting for the US military did not interfere with his conscience; and b) that he could criticise the US military without inducing them to cease funding his research. His solution was to make sure that the two Noam Chomskys – one working for the US military and the other against it – shared no common ground.
This article was pretty surprising. Guess I had never dug into Chomsky that closely. He is known so much for the anti-war, didn't realize he was funded by military.
Also, didn't realize how far off his language models were now. That the language theories had moved so far beyond his original theories. Guess I hadn't dug into those language theories from the 60's.
It's called doublethink.