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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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My prediction is that it was a random home invasion robbery committed by someone with multiple previous felonies who had no idea that the person living in the house they were trying to rob was a MIT professor. But I have no more information than anyone else does, I'm making a low-confidence educated guess, and at some point in the near future it's very likely that the professionals whose job it is to investigate seri…

If we are doing random predictions based on scant evidence, mine is a professional hit. Neighbor said he heard 3 shots. If it was a "pop pop...pop", that's 2 in the body, 1 in the head. Professional assassin.

Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

#124

My prediction is that it was a random home invasion robbery committed by someone with multiple previous felonies who had no idea that the person living in the house they were trying to rob was a MIT professor. But I have no more information than anyone else does, I'm making a low-confidence educated guess, and at some point in the near future it's very likely that the professionals whose job it is to investigate seri…

I would assume that the most likely options for for "rich person shot in home" are:

* Drug dealer

* Cheating on spouse and someone got jealous

* Suicide

Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

#125

> Correction 16 December: An earlier version of this story incorrectly defined the kind of plasma that Professor Loureiro researched. If I get shot and someone writes some libelous bullshit about how I worked with hygienic macro systems, someone kindly jump on that shit ASAP. Thanks in advance!

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Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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How on earth are you making conclusions about the motive of the killer? People also get burgled and shot. Lovers take revenge. A grad student loses their mind. It's entirely irresponsible to suggest that something is being hidden if there's zero evidence so far that someone's religion or political views are even remotely relevant.

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Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

#129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You thought only one person a year died during break ins gone wrong? Vending machines kill more than that.

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This logic does not follow from or to "That's 100 times more than I thought." You can be both horrified at something and also understand that it is thing that happens.
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