"I try to encourage people to think for……" — Noam Chomsky
"I try to encourage people to think for themselves, to question standard assumptions... Don't take assumptions for granted. Begin by taking a skeptical attitude toward anything that is conventional wisdom. Make it justify itself. It usually can't. Be willing to ask questions about what is taken for granted. Try to think things through for yourself."
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Noam Chomsky
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588 Quotes by Noam Chomsky
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