> For Chomsky, I don't think I've ever witnessed someone speak who exudes more intellectual power than him.
Begs the question of whether he actually has that intellectual power, or you have only got this impression thanks to his successful bloviation.
> He seems to possess a near photographic memory, recalling specific phrases from some newspaper or journal article from decades ago.
Nope. Or, if he has, he uses it very selectively. Read some of the counters to his political writings, and you'll get lots of examples of him twisting the words of his opponents, and conveniently forgetting his own earlier ones.
> He seems to be quite honest about his own work and addressing things with humility.
No. Given his intellectual dishonesty in his political writings, I see no reason to trust his character elsewhere either.
Begs the question of whether he actually has that intellectual power, or you have only got this impression thanks to his successful bloviation.
> He seems to possess a near photographic memory, recalling specific phrases from some newspaper or journal article from decades ago.
Nope. Or, if he has, he uses it very selectively. Read some of the counters to his political writings, and you'll get lots of examples of him twisting the words of his opponents, and conveniently forgetting his own earlier ones.
> He seems to be quite honest about his own work and addressing things with humility.
No. Given his intellectual dishonesty in his political writings, I see no reason to trust his character elsewhere either.