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Re:Jeffrey Epstein’s Harvard connections show how money can ... by tptacek on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @01:43AM (#24268413)
Epstein is not a great scientist. In fact, he's not a scientist at all.
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Re:Jeffrey Epstein’s Harvard connections show how money can ... by darawk on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @02:05AM (#24268488)
That wasn't my point. My point was that people can simultaneously do evil things and like science.
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Re:Jeffrey Epstein’s Harvard connections show how money can ... by jacquesm on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @04:30AM (#24269252)
Have you considered the option that Epstein didn't like science as such but liked the influence and air of respectability that hanging out with scientists and being seen as a supporter gave him? It could easily be a form of whitewashing of his reputation that he would not be able to do otherwise. Nothing spells 'good guy' more clearly than large donations to science and education.
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