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> "It is fraught to judge individuals outside of their time, but it is clear from the documentation presented that Millikan lent his name and his prestige to a
by pseudalopex 6y ago
> "It is fraught to judge individuals outside of their time, but it is clear from the documentation presented that Millikan lent his name and his prestige to a morally reprehensible eugenics movement that already had been discredited scientifically during his time," Rosenbaum said.
Why should I have a problem with the idea future generations might take my name off a building?
- aaron695 6y agoWhy do anything. Why not just use whatever resources you can get your hands on and burn it all. The concept of some sort of future is why some people do more. You mightn't care, perhaps having kids is your thing, perhaps is extincting a species or designing a better ice cube, everyone's different, for some people it's buildings. I think a lot of people are realising giving money to universities instead of building a bigger boat is a bad idea. They are probably right.