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In this context it seems pretty wild to assume that OP was intentionally deceptive instead of just writing from memory and making a mistake.


For the record, I remembered the rough Chomsky quote, and found a page[0] with the exact verbiage but no context. I went with my memory on the context.

0 - https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9692159-i-m-sure-you-believ...


You think too poorly of OP. I won't insult his intelligence by claiming he can't to a 5 second Google search before posting. He got the quote verbatim. Clearly he searched.


I frequently quote stuff from memory and it happens I quote wrong. Then I am not lying, but making a misstake. Most people do that in my experience. HN guidelines even say, assume good faith. You assume bad faith, that drags the entire conversation down .




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