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Re:Harvard closes evolution center after finding connections... by morelisp on Sunday March 28, 2021 @12:46PM (#26611808)
At least one scientist on your list is a notorious harasser. As the kids say today, rather than letting his associates update your priors on Epstein, instead let the well-documented multi-decade abuses by Epstein inform your priors about everyone he worked with. Nearly everyone associated with him and his foundation should be non grata in all parts of the academic community.
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Re:Harvard closes evolution center after finding connections... by nabla9 on Sunday March 28, 2021 @01:03PM (#26611991)
> Nearly everyone associated with him and his foundation should be non grata in all parts of the academic community.

This is horrible and completely inappropriate statement.

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Re:Harvard closes evolution center after finding connections... by morelisp on Sunday March 28, 2021 @01:19PM (#26612151)
Brockman literally invited people to Edge with promises of Epstein's entourage of girls! It's total bullshit to pretend there's some kind of uncertainty, none of those assholes can claim ignorance.
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Re:Harvard closes evolution center after finding connections... by nabla9 on Sunday March 28, 2021 @03:18PM (#26613309)
Stephen Hawkins?
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Re:Harvard closes evolution center after finding connections... by morelisp on Monday March 29, 2021 @02:33AM (#26618301)
To lead with: No, the one I had in mind was Krauss. His name headed the list of sex pests as early as 2011 within the new atheist / skeptic / CFI / JREF community and the details only escalated since then.

But: A really common conversation derail when discussing this topic is to claim the fallout from the Epstein case is somehow discriminating against people with ASD or related conditions. I think it's similary offensive to claim someone with ALS could not have been a sexual abuser. Most humans are sexual animals, and Hawking somewhat notoriously so.

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Re:Harvard closes evolution center after finding connections... by solosoyokaze on Monday March 29, 2021 @08:28AM (#26620546)
There are pictures of Stephen Hawking on Epstein's submarine with two girls. He almost certainly knew what was going on.
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