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Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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Post by dylan604 »

tshaddox wrote: post #41
crazygringo wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

"Conspiracy theory" might be a loaded term, but it's a person with a fairly notable job position (nuclear science at MIT) shot multiple times in his home with apparently no persons of interest yet. Of course it could be something unrelated to his position, like a random burglary or a dispute with someone close to the victim.

If someone said the individual had a serious gambling problem and failed to payback his bookie, it would not be any less credible at this time. It also doesn't make it any more legitimate. Speculation is nothing more than that. Unfortunately, very few care to admit speculation and if it is something in the realm of plausibility, there will be many that accept it as true. People are suggesting Comet 3I/atlas could be under powered control, and convinced it is true with no real evidence.

Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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Post by lovich »

willis936 wrote: post #47

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia

> Warren v. District of Columbia[1] (444 A.2d. 1, D.C. Ct. of Ap. 1981) is a District of Columbia Court of Appeals case that held that the police do not owe a specific duty to provide police services to specific citizens based on the public duty doctrine.

Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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Post by david_shaw »

>"The theoretical physicist and fusion scientist was known for his award-winning research in magnetised plasma dynamics.

Magnetised plasma dynamics is the study of the state of matter in which the motion of charged particles is influenced by the presence of an external magnetic field, according to Nature.

Loureiro joined MIT's faculty in 2016 and was named director of MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center in 2024."

Although it may be a total red herring, it may be worth noting that there are (debatably pseudoscientific) theories -- primarily Plasma cosmology[1] and the Electric Universe theory[2] -- that are related to (and potentially in conflict with) this field of research.

1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_cosmology

2: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Electric_Universe

Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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Post by rany_ »

BurningFrog wrote: post #31
rany_ wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

It does sound like something Iran might to in retaliation.

There are lots of different scenarios you can conjure up. Another could be that Israel assassinated him after he refused to support their nuclear program OR to silence him.

Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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Post by refulgentis »

willis936 wrote: post #49
ortusdux wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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...

Absolutely useless without a name and reputation on the line. It's an absurd to publish that multiple academics killed within an hour drive within one week have "nothing to suggest they're connected".

Are you from Boston / have you lived there? I do, and thank you for your concern. But this is confusing to say the least.

1. No one should be stupid enough to put their name and rep on the line, in a fluid situation, where there’s 0 idea who did the first anyways, for days now.

2. Dunno what you mean by academics, students and professors? Usually academics refers to professors / grad students / has a job at university related to teaching, but Brown victims weren’t professors. Hard to see how that indicates a connection.

3. It’s a real stretch to put Providence to Brookline at a 1 hour drive. In general, it’s two different worlds, so it’s strange to use it as a clear indicator they must be related.

4. If it’s obvious they’re connected, and making any claim of probability re: their connection should require putting your name and reputation on the line, what’s your name?

Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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Post by eichin »

m4ck_ wrote: post #16
ekjhgkejhgk wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

it's slop. (If you look at the ORCID link posted elsethread there's literally nothing biology related in his 70 publications in the last two decades - and it seems unlikely one would become director of the PSFC with that sort of distraction...)

Re: MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies

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Post by dylan604 »

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.

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

It'll be the same cabal that killed the inventor of the engine mod that allowed for 99mpg.

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