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I think that we have basically nothing in the field of human behavior. Maybe that is just a condition of temporary ignorance. But it may be that we are simply not intellectually equipped to develop such a theory.

Noam Chomsky

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Noam Chomsky
Age: 95
Born: 1928
Born: December 7
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