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From: jeffrey E. <jeevacation@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2015 4:10 PM To: Noam Chomsky Subject: Re: Re: I think you might try to plan on late september, , taking m= apt and spending a few days with valeria in the city, As it i= the openiing of the UN general assembly , as well as the Clin=on global initiative New york is rife with people with at least infl=ence, if not new ideas. . I , we. can organize many fun intera=tions. my house becomes a respite for the select few, to=take off their ties , and talk openly. You would be welcome to=join as many create or participate as you prefer. yangs =ork deals with language as signals . his reliance on Zipf like=distributions is a good example of naive probablities.. empir=cally zipf appears. but cannot be derived from any of his or anyones elses=to date. so somewhat misleading to suggest the" probililty =AO of word , x appearing, " it is the mistake of frequenc= vs probablity, and careless common usage. On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 11:44 AM,=Noam Chomsky < <mailto > wrote: Sounds like a most interesting person= And someone it would be very interesting to talk to. I presum= he spends time in NY. Hope we can work it out.<=span> Would be interested in learning more =bout your critique of the use of probability in language work, mostly by c=mputational cognitive scientists, as far as I know. I've written critiques of it too, but on different gro=nds: failure to account for what they are trying to show, or even to under=tand the issue. There are, I think, some notable exceptions, like th= recent work of Charles Yang, one of Bob Berwick's students. From: jeffrey E. [mailto:jeevacation@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2015 8:22 AM To: Noam Chomsky Subject: Re: He is the head of the human rights court in strasbou=g. / former prime minister of norway. . . He=would be happy to have a dinner with us. . subj. =C2 drones. solitary confinement, death penalty ( europe does not=have one , so if killing terrorists is to be under an act of war, argument , then =hey, as enemies ,have war rights. ). tribalism, mafia, syria, ukrain=, saudi, egypt. libya, . We have a great friendship. =AO - I give him his financial ABC's class. he gives me my=C2 pragmatic politics lessons. fyi great similarity now as the old politica= guard seem toreflect the patterns of the old long term=C2 investors, ( skills of . planning. executing . =AO etc ) now confronted by media . and pressured to make=quick decisions. ie behaving like inexperienced short term traders. fyi I have=read a great number of language papers. many if not most, misu=e the concept of probability . making naive, erroneous uses of the w=rd , hence forming nonsensical conclusions. ( like the silly ,=life on other planets " calculation". probability needs repetit=on and symmetry, historical events do not have either ! )<=u> EFTA_R1_01620233 EFTA02495997 On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 1:08 AM, Noam Chomsky < <mailto »= wrote: Glad it worked. Hope that the s=eech was of some interest. From: Jeffrey E. [mailto:jeevacation@gmailcomj Sent: Friday, June 19, 2015 6:38 PM To: Noam Chomsky Subject: you would have been proud my friend the sec ge= of the council of europe thjorborn jagland had to give as spe=ch on terrosism to the security counsel. Last night I presented your arguments, re hypocrisy, he was shocked but loved i=. please no=e The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of JEE Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. 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