> Noam is alive. And well. His wife has just confirmed it
Now I’ll never know.
(But maybe the two of them can have a discussion now in the afterlife, now that their worldly egos and public opinion are out of the way.)
> his critique of BF Skinner’s “Verbal Behavior” had been wrong after all
btw, this is in no way proven (or true imo).
It’s a very sad news for many of us. Still, knowing what happens with a massive stroke, I think it’s in his best interest to go. It’s going to be horrible, and the situation with caregivers is even more difficult.
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/activist-noam-chomsky-...
He wasn't taken, he lives there according to the Standard. Good for him as well! It's an awesome place to be in. :)
Noam Chomsky 'no longer able to talk' after 'medical event' - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40641361 - June 2024 (424 comments)
https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/06/the-noam-chomsky-...
New Statesman saying he's died too
Debate about it on the talk page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Noam_Chomsky#Is_he_dead%3...
https://www.medialens.org/2024/a-message-about-noam-chomsky-...
https://tucson.com/news/local/noam-chomsky-hospitalized-afte...
A new one since last week? Link?
I was too lazy to log out but could see this much from Google search. Pinker said, (28 minutes ago): "Reports today of Noam Chomsky's death (in Jacobin and New Statesman, since taken down) were greatly exaggerated. I have confirmation from..."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Noam_Chomsky#Is_he_dead?
https://apnews.com/article/noam-chomsky-hospitalized-stroke-...
Seems that you're partially correct. The AP says he was taken on an ambulance jet, not a rental one (or perhaps it's a rental ambulance jet, I don't know).
They also say this happened "once he could more easily travel from the United States following the June 2023 stroke". It sounds to me that they've been wanting to go back to Brazil since then. This may be because they live there and were keen to go back home; it could be because he has his regular doctors there who may be able to provide him with a better treatment; it may be that they would have better support (from his wife's family, for instance)...
In any case, they live there so it stands to reason that they would want to be back as soon as it was feasible.