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• 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.

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  • 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.

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    • 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).

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  • 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.

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    • lvxferre@mander.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I am half inclined to believe he just wanted help filing his taxes and a guilty Chomsky would have the sense to lie.

      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.

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      • 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.

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• TheFogan@programming.dev ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Sadly there’s a lot of intelectuals that were involved, Lawrence Krauss, Noem Chomsky, Steven Hawking just scratching the surface.

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  • varjen@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No one should be surprised that known sex pest Krauss was mixed up with Epstein.

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  • Pofski@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    How the heck was Stephen Hawking involved??

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    • TheFogan@programming.dev ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      www.miamiherald.com/news/…/article283847883.html

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      • Pofski@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        I have no words to explain the levels of disappointment and rage I am feeling at this moment.

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    • 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.

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