This episode is part of The Psychology Podcast's "Best of Series", where we highlight some of the most exciting, enthralling, and enlightening episodes from our archives. Today it’s great to have the legendary Noam Chomsky on the podcast. Noam is a public intellectual, linguist, and political activist. He’s the author of many influential books, including Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, and his latest book with Robert Pollin called Climate Crisis and The Green New Deal: The Political Economy of Saving The Planet. Chomsky is also known for helping to initiate and sustain the cognitive revolution. He’s the Laureate Professor of Linguistics at The University of Arizona and Institute Professor Emeritus at MIT. Website: https://chomsky.info/ Facebook: Noam Chomsky Topics 01:42 The cognitive revolution of the ‘50s and ‘60s 03:59 Noam’s first encounter with behaviorism 12:50 Being part of the cognitive revolution 17:32 Implicit learning and artificial grammar 26:41 Modern-day behavioral genetics 28:15 Noam's thoughts on intelligence 32:12 Noam’s take on creativity 36:27 Chomsky's vs. Foucault's view 40:45 Noam’s thoughts on modern-day social justice movements 47:01 Identity vs. human nature 52:50 Racism and slavery in American consciousness 57:04 Why Noam thinks Trump is the worst criminal in human history 1:03:08 The complexities of the slogan "defund the police" 1:06:31 Noam reflects on his life regrets 1:07:50 Chomsky's life advice LINK HERE Subscribe to The Psychology Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/psychology-podcast-dr.-scott/id942777522 https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-psychology-podcast-with-scott-barry-kaufman/the-psychology-podcast-with-dr-scott-barry-kaufman?refid=stpr See past episodes and join in the Discussion: https://scottbarrykaufman.com/podcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thepsychologypodcast?ref=br_tf Twitter: https://twitter.com/psychpodcast #ThePsychologyPodcast