Discussed here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28143315 as well
Allegations against Aubrey de Grey
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#32It’s interesting that nobody mentions Aubrey’s connection to Jeffrey Epstein. Aubrey was the chief scientific advisor to Epstein’s “Transhuman” project, now called “Humanity +” and Epstein was an investor in SENS.
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#33So the only proof is an e-mail where this guy propositioned a co-worker who reached the age of consent? You can consider that morally wrong but it's not sexual abuse or anything even close to it.
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can anyone copy and paste this?
Aubrey de Grey: "I have, in the past few hours, been made aware of blog posts by Laura Deming and Celine Halioua that make extremely serious accusations against both me and SENS Research Foundation. Unsurprisingly, I deny these allegations. What may be more surprising to you is this: my belief is that both Laura and Celine have been deceived into the view that I have done many things that I have in fact not done. Non…
The whole business is bad news generally, my feeling is it seems that potentially like so many cases that have often proven groundless that the people involved only start making accusations many years after the events they allege are purported to have taken place. We only have to look at some of the cases which have collapsed in the UK e.g Operation Midland to see how horrendous this type of situation can be for the innocent individuals involved.
My primary concern is the damage to the SENS foundation and its vital work because without the crucial role of Aubrey de Grey the work will in my opinion be severely hindered. I just hope this unfortunate issue can be wrapped up and resolved at the earliest opportunity.
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#35Fun fact: in the UK the title of this post is a probable libel. HN repeating it is also a probable libel. Maybe the word "allegedly" should go in there? Just a thought. Edit: OK, some people clearly didn't like the tone I struck, so I'll be much clearer and make no attempt at humour. The subjects of this case are all in the UK. If the allegations can't be proven to be true on the balance of probabilities, and a case…
> The damage in a case like this would be calculated on how many peoples opinions of de Grey were lowered.
If you didn't have a prior opinion of the guy because you'd never heard of him before -- like me (unless I'd heard of him but forgot) -- your (my) opinion of him technically can't be "lowered". But getting to hear of him for the first time in a context like this certainly gives one a bad first impression of him...
So, does that count? Because in that case I suppose there could be quite a lot of opinions like mine, not lowered but set initially low, out there affected by this.