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A friend recently noticed my Gnome Chomsky in the backyard...a fabulous little garden creature in the likeness of Noam Chomsky, standing above the spring flowers. It reminded me that I have not written about Mr. Chomsky since the column entitled, "I ♥ Noam Chomsky," but this Earth Day 2021 reminded me that his voice is among my favorites.

Chomsky recently referenced the well-known biologist, Ernst Mayr, when he said that if we do not act quickly in response to the environmental crisis that we are proving that in evolution, "human intelligence is indeed a lethal mutation."

A lethal mutati...