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The Epstein scandal at MIT shows the moral bankruptcy of techno elites

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Re: The Epstein scandal at MIT shows the moral bankruptcy of techno elites

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am still genuinely trying to understand what happened. In your interpretation: 1) What is the motivation of the donor (Epstein)? 2) What is the motivation of the acceptor (Ito)? If your answer is 1) Prestige 2) Money Then that does not work: they can not reach a mutual understanding about whether Epstein is allowed tell the world he donates to the Media Lab, which can be seen by splitting up in cases: 1) if the mut…

I assume you responded to the wrong thread?

no, it was in response to your comment: you write "charity scandal", but according to me it's something deeper which is being portrayed as a mere "charity scandal".

Re: The Epstein scandal at MIT shows the moral bankruptcy of techno elites

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Folks should remember that Rafael Reif was the provost under Susan Hockfield who orchestrated the whitewashing of research misconduct allegations that MIT Professor Ted Postol launched against MIT Lincoln Laboratory for using fabricated data to report results of a critical ballistic missile defense test to the Pentagon. MIT was found "guiltless" by Provost Reif after an "internal investigation" was conducted over the course of almost a decade. Steve Weiner (a highly respected former director of ballistic defense research at Lincoln for almost 20 years) has since accused MIT of engaging in a "kickback scheme" whereby Lincoln would tell the MDA whatever it needed to hear about the viability of a Starwars-inspired missile defense shield in order for executives at Raytheon to receive multi-billion dollar contracts to build it. The phony missile defense tests that Postol challenged intensely for almost a decade were one small but critical piece of the massive fraud that MIT has perpetrated against the United States taxpayer here. President Reif needs to be incarcerated, not just fired!
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