I Am One Of The Few People

The Freedom To Think Out Loud On Certain Topics, Without Fear Of Being Hounded Into Hiding Or Killed, Has Already Been Lost.

Most Of Us Are Wiser Than We May Appear To Be. … On One Level, Wisdom Is Nothing More Profound Than An Ability To Follow One’s Own Advice.

Let Me Assure You That My Intent Is Not To Offend Or Merely Be Provocative. I'm Simply Worried.

Nothing In Chomsky's Account Acknowledges The Difference Between Intending To Kill A Child, Because Of The Effect You Hope To Produce On Its Parents (we Call This “terrorism”), And Inadvertently Killing A Child In An Attempt To Capture Or Kill An Avowed Child Murderer (we Call This “collateral Damage”). In Both Cases A Child Has Died, And In Both Cases It Is A Tragedy. But The Ethical Status Of The Perpetrators, Be They Individuals Or States, Could Not Be More Distinct For Chomsky, Intentions Do Not Seem To Matter. Body Count Is All.

How Can We Be “free” As Conscious Agents If Everything That We Consciously Intend Is Caused By Events In Our Brain That We Do Not Intend And Of Which We Are Entirely Unaware? We Can’t.