Sadly there’s a lot of intelectuals that were involved, Lawrence Krauss, Noem Chomsky, Steven Hawking just scratching the surface.
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bulwark@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
That motherfucker ruined dinosaurs too!?
TheFogan@programming.dev 12 hours ago
varjen@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
No one should be surprised that known sex pest Krauss was mixed up with Epstein.
Pofski@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
How the heck was Stephen Hawking involved??
TheFogan@programming.dev 10 hours ago
Pofski@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I have no words to explain the levels of disappointment and rage I am feeling at this moment.
quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours ago
When you’re very rich and influential it is easy to get access to all the top scientists to discuss your quack ideas. Who knows what happened beyond that, the thing is that they’re involved now.
lvxferre@mander.xyz 13 hours ago
That fucker ruined Linguistics too — he was in friendly terms with Noam Chomsky.
Personally I am not aware on how much Chomsky should be blamed for this association; it’s possible Epstein was simply using him. But even in the hypothesis Chomsky is innocent, it stinks.
MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 4 hours ago
Chomsky adviced Epstein on how to deal with the public backlash, for Epstein being a convicted pedophile. There is no evidence that Chomsky did something illegal, but it certainly stinks.
lvxferre@mander.xyz 4 hours ago
Yeah.
At the very least we can safely blame him for not doing basic due diligence: even a hypothetically honest “I didn’t know” shows disregard for the victims of his “associate”. It’s already morally awful, even if [AFAIK] it wouldn’t be illegal in USA. [Would it?]
There’s also the possibility he actually knew about it, but didn’t act on it. Morally speaking that would be even worse than the above, and [again, AFAIK] already a crime (omission).
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 10 hours ago
When Chomsky was asked what he corresponded with epstein about years ago, he said essentially “none of your fucking business”.
Which is such a bad answer, I am half inclined to believe he just wanted help filing his taxes and a guilty Chomsky would have the sense to lie.
lvxferre@mander.xyz 9 hours ago
Yup, that sounds like him. He isn’t above bullshitting but not bothering to bullshit hints he believed he had nothing to hide.
I guess he’s still in the “when in doubt, treat them as innocent” category for me.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 hours ago
That sounds like Chomsky? Doing the taxes of an uber wealth financier/convicted pedophile?
Stop lying to yourself.