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Even if he had a legitimate interest in science, who cares? There are two huge problems with Harvard allowing him to continue like that. 1. He exploited his co
by aptwebapps 6y ago
Even if he had a legitimate interest in science, who cares? There are two huge problems with Harvard allowing him to continue like that.
1. He exploited his connections to obtain a very lax sentence which allowed him to continue to rape children.
2. It damages the integrity of the scientific research as laid out in the article.
I have a bigger issue with the first than with the second, but I don't see how the question of whether he also had a legitimate interest in science is relevant to either.
- roenxi 6y ago> 2. It damages the integrity of the scientific research as laid out in the article. A major point in this thread is that that makes no sense. The integrity of the scientific research here is fine. Is the suggestion here that there is a paedophile agenda to promote science and technology? Do we expect to be able to identify paedophiles because of their unusual dedication to the advancement of human knowledge? The answer is a pretty solid no to both of those questions. There is no link between paedophilia and science. > 1. He exploited his connections to obtain a very lax sentence which allowed him to continue to rape children. Harvard isn't a courthouse. It is probably illegal in some way for them to revise court decisions. If the court gives a light sentence Harvard has to respect that. This point isn't related to Harvard.
- aptwebapps 6y agoWe might disagree on those two points (I am abivalent about the research integrity one, anyway) but I hope you can agree with me that whether Epstein has a legitimate interest in science is completely immaterial to both of them. That's what my comment was about.