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Re:Jeffrey Epstein’s Harvard connections show how money can ... by sircastor on Monday August 24, 2020 @09:38PM (#24267400)
Science is permissionless, yes, but science doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Science is made up of scientists, journals, universities, institutes, etc, which are all a larger part of our society. We have to apply our same moral compass and ethical responsibility to them that we would anywhere else.
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Re:Jeffrey Epstein’s Harvard connections show how money can ... by vmception on Monday August 24, 2020 @10:21PM (#24267611)
Let's try a relatable thought exercise: there are a lot of misogynists in tech, many of them will be "cancelled" or ostracized in some way. All of their ideas should be ignored and their money should be barred from, let's say, cancer research?

Is that what we are going for here? I'm trying to understand if there is something deeper than I'm perceiving.

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Re:Jeffrey Epstein’s Harvard connections show how money can ... by unishark on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @02:26AM (#24268602)
That certainly sound like some of the more extreme attacks on science and mathematics from certain political perspectives.

I think ultimately this is a situation where the process is the product. There is no end goal really. People just feel good about themselves for annihilating the transgressors. People do not feel good about conflicted situations or living with realities.

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