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But then the donor tells the recipient that they are the ones who donated all of that money. And so they get all of the benefits anyway.
I just gave you $10M. Can I have a private dinner? Do you believe me? If an anonymous donation is done with some degree of care, you have no way to verify my claim.
Then there is the whole question of whether Epstein was using his money to _direct research_ specifically to junk science like Euugenics. I think Sarah Taber said it best though. """ I think the best lens to understand what was going on here isn't just "reputation laundering." The Media Lab's leadership catered to a superiority fetish in exchange for cash. That's sex work """ https://twitter.com/SarahTaber_bww/status…
What a weird lab.
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I just gave you $10M. Can I have a private dinner? Do you believe me? If an anonymous donation is done with some degree of care, you have no way to verify my claim.
If a $10M anonymous donation had just showed up in my account and I hadn't told anyone, then yes I would be inclined to believe you.
Of all the people to take Epstein's money or endorse him with their reputation, of all the slimy people, of all the career politicians, we've decided to mainly just fixate and ruin the life of one well-intentioned nerd who wanted to use the money for research. I hope everyone feels fuzzy and warm with their self-righteousness. Evil is defeated once more -- and you all helped -- with your brave internet shaming and di…
When Ito turns out to have covered for some of Epstein's "customers", or to have been one himself, will you stop defending him?
Then there is the whole question of whether Epstein was using his money to _direct research_ specifically to junk science like Euugenics. I think Sarah Taber said it best though. """ I think the best lens to understand what was going on here isn't just "reputation laundering." The Media Lab's leadership catered to a superiority fetish in exchange for cash. That's sex work """ https://twitter.com/SarahTaber_bww/status…
Dang, I missed that whole 'subplot' about the food computer scam: https://gizmodo.com/mit-built-a-theranos-for-plants-18379682... What a weird lab.
Very postmodern and advanced if you think about it-- Most actual scientists are measured by how they produce papers (e.g. media). Which is also how the "replication crisis" and "p hacking" came to be. The Media Lab just recognizes it explicitly
Then there is the whole question of whether Epstein was using his money to _direct research_ specifically to junk science like Euugenics. I think Sarah Taber said it best though. """ I think the best lens to understand what was going on here isn't just "reputation laundering." The Media Lab's leadership catered to a superiority fetish in exchange for cash. That's sex work """ https://twitter.com/SarahTaber_bww/status…
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Dang, I missed that whole 'subplot' about the food computer scam: https://gizmodo.com/mit-built-a-theranos-for-plants-18379682... What a weird lab.
It's a department, and it's dedicated to the creation of media. Doing "cool nerd stuff" is strictly to support that mission. Very postmodern and advanced if you think about it-- Most actual scientists are measured by how they produce papers (e.g. media). Which is also how the "replication crisis" and "p hacking" came to be. The Media Lab just recognizes it explicitly
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When Ito turns out to have covered for some of Epstein's "customers", or to have been one himself, will you stop defending him?
Respond to this comment if that happens, and I'll stop defending him and admit everyone was right, and I was totally wrong. I feel like there is only about a 5% chance that's the case, but who knows.
Here’s a question: if we had a list of everyone who ever attended one of those parties, would you estimate 95% of them had good intentions?