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MIT Media Lab hid excessive chemical dumping from regulators
- iamleppert 7y agoHilarious to me we are now seeing basically the fall of MIT. Couldn't happen to a more deserving university. Wealthy donors are pulling out of MIT left and right. Students are opting to attend other schools, and faculty are leaving the troubled school like rats fleeing a sinking ship.
- jjtheblunt 7y agoI don't know if that's happening, though find it (now) curious how MIT Tech Review articles, for years, have been heavy on nonsense and hyperbole.
- lonelappde 7y agoMIT sold off the name to a tabloid years ago.
- lonelappde 7y agoIs "MIT Media Lab" really the core of MIT's reputation?
- murgindrag 7y agoI think the reporting, for now, is on the Media Lab, but the issues are Institute-wide.
- oceliker 7y agoThis is quite a stretch. Can you provide sources for any of your claims?
- BentFranklin 7y agoWhen you read this article, mentally substitute "nitrate" when they say "nitrogen".
- murgindrag 7y agoI love this saga! We're well on our way to having every article about MIT use the adjective-phrase "the Epstein-funded..."
- deogeo 7y agoI can't help but wonder if the attention Epstein's science funding gets is just misdirection away from his more powerful associates.
- murgindrag 7y agoPerhaps. I do feel like the universities are desperately trying to redirect issues into social justice, away from big dollars, widespread data fabrication, or other issues like this one. Once social justice activists come in, the landscape becomes toxic for anyone else. I'm very glad to see this sort of reporting.
- tryitnow 7y agoWho brought up social justice activists? I have no idea how social justice activists relate to anything in this article or anything in this comments section. If anything, Propublica could be put in the camp of "social justice" activist journalism. It seems like there's an unfortunate trend to group anything we don't like or makes us uncomfortable under the rubric "social justice" activist. This is vague, non-specific, and poor communication practice.
- murgindrag 7y agoUniversities did. You should see the internal mailing lists, all aglow with misdirection.
- trentlott 7y agoThe words "society" and "justice" have become triggers for a certain type of person
- mhb 7y agoMissed a couple of sics: Writing emails directly to Senior EHS / Facilities teams at MIT, especially those that effect [sic] our groups [[sic]] ability to do research, without asking [the project’s assistant director] or I [[sic]] to review, comment and approve is inappropriate… If emails are directed to you regarding our teams [sic] EHS responsibilities please redirect them to me until further notice.
- 1propionyl 7y agoThis kind of nitrogen-rich runoff is essentially pissing in the lake, but at scale.