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after-perfect · 2 years ago

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people who don't know anything about academics: man y'all are stuffy and boring what's up with that? actual academics: *too busy fist-fighting each other over the beryllium problem or the existence of a dentistry profession in ancient egypt to reply*

#one of my undergrad syntax profs had done his phd at mit #(mit in itself is impressive #but syntax at mit ling means Chomsky The Great And Powerful)#i once asked about something steven pinker had written #and he got the ICIEST look on his face #and said 'yeah noam and steve don't really talk anymore'#leaving zero doubt about which side of the fence he himself was on #i don't think i ever had any more pinker-related questions #but i definitely made a note to take them to the other syntax prof if i did #(other syntax prof had been first syntax prof's student #and was also very chomskyan #but more soft-spoken about it)#academia

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