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The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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mikepurvis wrote: post #59
pfdietz wrote: post #54

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The same Michael Shellenberger who assured us PV cells are made with rare earth elements?

I think you're referring to this piece: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2018/05/23... Yes, I don't love that he puts out hits like that on solar and wind in his effort to promote nuclear as a sole solution, but I still find his larger arguments around the dynamics of environmentalism as a movement persuasive.

After he has lost his integrity by posting obvious propaganda like that, why believe him on anything?

Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Post by john-h-k »

trhway wrote: post #3

>Scott Aaronson was born on May 21st, 1981. He will be 30 in 2011. The conference could follow a theme of: “hurry to think together with Scott Aaronson while he is still in his 20s and not yet a pitiful over-the-hill geezer in his 30s.” This offers another nice opportunity for celebration. may be somebody would train a model on the Epstein and his associates emails/etc. which would allow to research the workings of t…

I can see some risks with creating a hyper intelligent mecha-Epstein

Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Post by dwd »

dakiol wrote: post #37
decimalenough wrote: post #14

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The kind of piece of shit who donates basically his entire fortune to charity? And actual charity at that, not Ellison style "Larry Ellison Research Foundation for Prolonging the Life of Larry Ellison and Getting Some Tax Breaks Along the Way".

You can be both good and bad. Like, it's not an impossibility.

"But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?".

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Post by decimalenough »

soperj wrote: post #67
decimalenough wrote: post #14

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The kind of piece of shit who donates basically his entire fortune to charity? And actual charity at that, not Ellison style "Larry Ellison Research Foundation for Prolonging the Life of Larry Ellison and Getting Some Tax Breaks Along the Way".

You'll have to prove the "an actual charity" at that. It's literally in his name, Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, and Melinda had enough of Bill that she nixed their relationship. Bill and Melinda Gates foundation are also behind Common Core and basically ruined public education in the US. The foundation is a way for Bill to keep doing what he likes without having to pay taxes on it, he's just done a better job of…

Malaria deaths have fallen by 60% in the last 15 years, saving on the order of 12 million lives. Bill's foundation has donated around $4B to the cause.

And yeah, it's got Melinda's name on it, but let's face it, virtually all the money is from Bill/Microsoft.

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Post by bamboozled »

john-h-k wrote: post #72
trhway wrote: post #3

>Scott Aaronson was born on May 21st, 1981. He will be 30 in 2011. The conference could follow a theme of: “hurry to think together with Scott Aaronson while he is still in his 20s and not yet a pitiful over-the-hill geezer in his 30s.” This offers another nice opportunity for celebration. may be somebody would train a model on the Epstein and his associates emails/etc. which would allow to research the workings of t…

I can see some risks with creating a hyper intelligent mecha-Epstein

It's called Grok

Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Post by lazide »

ceejayoz wrote: post #36
decimalenough wrote: post #14

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The kind of piece of shit who donates basically his entire fortune to charity? And actual charity at that, not Ellison style "Larry Ellison Research Foundation for Prolonging the Life of Larry Ellison and Getting Some Tax Breaks Along the Way".

> The kind of piece of shit who donates basically his entire fortune to charity? https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/ ranks him at #13 wealthiest in the world with $108B net worth. He's donated about half his fortune, and 60% of that to his own org.

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Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Post by markus_zhang »

Lammy wrote: post #26
decimalenough wrote: post #14

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The kind of piece of shit who donates basically his entire fortune to charity? And actual charity at that, not Ellison style "Larry Ellison Research Foundation for Prolonging the Life of Larry Ellison and Getting Some Tax Breaks Along the Way".

You don't get that rich in the first place without being a ruthless asshole.

This. And this also explains why sometimes girls fell love to apparent assholes -- if you are an asshole it doesn't mean you are powerful, however if you are not an asshole then definitely you are not powerful.

Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Post by saulpw »

decimalenough wrote: post #74
soperj wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You'll have to prove the "an actual charity" at that. It's literally in his name, Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, and Melinda had enough of Bill that she nixed their relationship. Bill and Melinda Gates foundation are also behind Common Core and basically ruined public education in the US. The foundation is a way for Bill to keep doing what he likes without having to pay taxes on it, he's just done a better job of…

Malaria deaths have fallen by 60% in the last 15 years, saving on the order of 12 million lives. Bill's foundation has donated around $4B to the cause. And yeah, it's got Melinda's name on it, but let's face it, virtually all the money is from Bill/Microsoft.

But much of the motivation for starting a foundation is from Melinda.

Re: The time I didn't meet Jeffrey Epstein

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Post by analog31 »

soperj wrote: post #68
Insanity wrote: post #61

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Interesting. Honestly I don't know as much about his philanthropy, which ideology does he push? How did it make lives worse?

Common Core for one.

This is the thing that really baffles me. My kids went through K-12 when Common Core was a thing, and there was a huge backlash about it, so I decided to look it up and to see how it was being used in our school district.

A few states published their Common Core guidelines. I looked at one state, and the curriculum goals looked no different than the things that I learned when I was a kid. It seemed completely ordinary. I remain baffled about why it was so controversial.

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