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MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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Post by thelastgallon »

crazygringo wrote: post #7
FloorEgg wrote: post #3

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Why would there be? I feel like I'm missing the context behind your question.

> His research addressed "complex problems lurking at the center of fusion vacuum chambers and at the edges of the universe", according to the university's obituary.

>He also studied how to harness clean "fusion power" to combat climate change, CBS said.

Clean energy is pretty controversial in US. Most people are against it.

Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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Post by dzink »

ekjhgkejhgk wrote: post #4
FloorEgg wrote: post #3

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https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419454

“Renowned for his pioneering research on plasma dynamics - the component of blood that carries platelets and cells throughout the body - Loureiro also focused on harnessing clean fusion energy to combat climate change. He was appointed director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center in May”

Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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Post by [deleted] »

QuercusMax wrote: post #8
rany_ wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't spot anything conspiratorial in that article, though?

There are already other articles claiming he was shot because he's Jewish and has supported Israel. Seems like the cops haven't arrested anybody yet, so we don't really know anything. He was working on fusion technology, so you could just as well speculate it was fossil fuel interests involved, but that also seems purely speculative.

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Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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Post by m4ck_ »

ekjhgkejhgk wrote: post #4
FloorEgg wrote: post #3

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https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419454

I wonder if that's some particularly sloppy AI writing or if he really was working in biology (apparently he pioneered research on blood plasma) while also working on fusion energy. Bro was either a 10x professor or AI is just doing AI things I guess. Either way RIP.

Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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Post by jelder »

thelastgallon wrote: post #11
crazygringo wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would there be? I feel like I'm missing the context behind your question.

> His research addressed "complex problems lurking at the center of fusion vacuum chambers and at the edges of the universe", according to the university's obituary. >He also studied how to harness clean "fusion power" to combat climate change, CBS said. Clean energy is pretty controversial in US. Most people are against it.

“Most people” is not even remotely accurate.

Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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Post by dvh »

dzink wrote: post #14
ekjhgkejhgk wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/419454

“Renowned for his pioneering research on plasma dynamics - the component of blood that carries platelets and cells throughout the body - Loureiro also focused on harnessing clean fusion energy to combat climate change. He was appointed director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center in May”

Holy shit, they really wrote it there

Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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Post by rany_ »

QuercusMax wrote: post #8
rany_ wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't spot anything conspiratorial in that article, though?

There are already other articles claiming he was shot because he's Jewish and has supported Israel. Seems like the cops haven't arrested anybody yet, so we don't really know anything. He was working on fusion technology, so you could just as well speculate it was fossil fuel interests involved, but that also seems purely speculative.

First thing that came to mind is that he might have been secretly working for Israel's nuclear program but this is all very speculative. It does feel plausible though given that Israel has already assassinated plenty of Iranian nuclear scientists; so there is some precedent for it.
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