Noam Chomsky

[Mr. Smith]

Mixed.

There hasn't been anyone after him that really carries that same intellectual weight, probably because he's the last gen not raised by TV and definitely closer to reality on fp than almost everyone else here...but he does fall into the common "weighing in on things you don't know" trap that a lot of intellectuals make.

[Mr. Smith]

Everyone else already said everything important else to say but what are all these people in their 90s doing still getting interviewed about this? I had a massive triple-take last year when I saw Jurgen Habermas (!!!) weigh in on Ukraine. Henry Kissinger is nearly 100. I don't recall any time in which so many nonagenarians were hot interviews.

Bertrand Russell. Vietnam. 'Nuff said.