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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 gs17 »

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”

The Hebrew version doesn't seem to have that error, I wonder what they used to translate it, it feels like a rare hallucination for recent LLMs.

Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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Post by simple10 »

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

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

The article might be too hasty to report that he's Jewish, especially implying that was the motive by including it in the article title. Lots of chatter X/Twitter about it.

Kinda crazy (scary?) how fast tragic events like this get instantly politicized on social.

Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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Post by barbazoo »

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.

> In an open-ended question, 69% of respondents identified the primary advantage of clean energy as some form of environmental protection, like mitigating climate change or improving air and water quality. Only 13% offered lower energy costs as a central benefit, and 22% said clean energy offers no clear advantage.

https://www.thirdway.org/memo/poll-shows-americans-want-affo...

Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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Post by [deleted] »

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

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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 danparsonson »

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”

I can believe that our dystopian future will be powered by dark fusion reactors that only achieve containment through human sacrifice

Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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Post by ortusdux »

javiramos wrote: post #12

Could this be related to the Brown shooting?

From ABC -

"Authorities have investigated whether his death could be connected to this weekend's Brown University shooting and, at this point, a senior law enforcement official briefed on both cases told ABC News there is nothing to suggest they’re connected."

https://abcnews.go.com/US/mit-professor-shot-killed-home-bos...

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