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And apparently Noah Chomsky who says it's no one's business to ask why he met with mr. Epstein after Epstein was convicted as a sex offender.

by mc32 4y ago

snapcaster 4y ago
Yeah huge L for chomsky, bummer always enjoyed his stuff even if I almost never agreed with it
hospitalJail 4y ago
I wish we could detach people from their work. I was/am abrasive unfortunately, I'm working on it, but I still suck. I especially cannot handle when people give false knowledge, I will make a fool of myself if I see someone lying or misleading. I also run a popular website, specifically educating people on a niche field of education. I've seen people write off all the data collected and conclusions because of my personal behavior. I don't even disagree about my personal behavior. Just leave my scientific contributions out of it. I will be dead and people will be reading my conclusions, while I'm alive, it seems to always come up(in online discussions).
- VagueMag 4y ago
  Chomsky's work really isn't all that great though. His work on linguistics has essentially been revealed as nonsense and his political analysis is firmly in the realm of the "compatible left": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35764773 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35764773
0xDEF 4y ago
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happytoexplain 4y ago
It's unfortunately an unwinnable situation, from an external perspective. You shouldn't have to defend yourself by explaining personal details of your life just because you once met with a wealthy businessman who turned out to be a criminal, especially one who made a point of making as many connections as possible, and especially considering that people will furiously point the finger at you if you even so much as smell like you might be one of their political enemies. On the other hand, that's also a convenient excuse if you really did happen to collude in his crime.
- Clent 4y ago
  These people were associating closely with a known predator. They don't get to play it off as innocent mistake. They empowered him. Lie with pigs...they are either pedophiles or pedophile enablers. Some got bacon, these rest are covered in mud, as they deserve to be.
- InitialLastName 4y ago
  > who turned out to be a criminal Who was already a convicted criminal, and was very visibly using his networks to defend himself against that conviction.
AraceliHarker 4y ago
Given that MIT received a large donation from Eppstein, it wouldn't be too surprising that Chomsky, an MIT employee, had a meeting with him. Given Chomsky's current age, I think it would be unfortunate and unprofitable to question him. He does not have the same vitality and lucidity now as he did when he was interviewing Foucault. If you want to know more about Eppstein, you should go to Joichi Ito.

And apparently Noah Chomsky who says it's no one's business to ask why he met with mr. Epstein after Epstein was convicted as a sex offender.

by mc32 4y ago

And apparently Noah Chomsky who says it's no one's business to ask why he met with mr. Epstein after Epstein was convicted as a sex offender.

snapcaster 4y ago

Yeah huge L for chomsky, bummer always enjoyed his stuff even if I almost never agreed with it

hospitalJail 4y ago

I wish we could detach people from their work. I was/am abrasive unfortunately, I'm working on it, but I still suck. I especially cannot handle when people give false knowledge, I will make a fool of myself if I see someone lying or misleading. I also run a popular website, specifically educating people on a niche field of education. I've seen people write off all the data collected and conclusions because of my personal behavior. I don't even disagree about my personal behavior. Just leave my scientific contributions out of it. I will be dead and people will be reading my conclusions, while I'm alive, it seems to always come up(in online discussions).

VagueMag 4y ago
Chomsky's work really isn't all that great though. His work on linguistics has essentially been revealed as nonsense and his political analysis is firmly in the realm of the "compatible left": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35764773 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35764773

0xDEF 4y ago

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happytoexplain 4y ago

It's unfortunately an unwinnable situation, from an external perspective. You shouldn't have to defend yourself by explaining personal details of your life just because you once met with a wealthy businessman who turned out to be a criminal, especially one who made a point of making as many connections as possible, and especially considering that people will furiously point the finger at you if you even so much as smell like you might be one of their political enemies. On the other hand, that's also a convenient excuse if you really did happen to collude in his crime.

Clent 4y ago
These people were associating closely with a known predator. They don't get to play it off as innocent mistake. They empowered him. Lie with pigs...they are either pedophiles or pedophile enablers. Some got bacon, these rest are covered in mud, as they deserve to be.
InitialLastName 4y ago
> who turned out to be a criminal Who was already a convicted criminal, and was very visibly using his networks to defend himself against that conviction.

AraceliHarker 4y ago

Given that MIT received a large donation from Eppstein, it wouldn't be too surprising that Chomsky, an MIT employee, had a meeting with him. Given Chomsky's current age, I think it would be unfortunate and unprofitable to question him. He does not have the same vitality and lucidity now as he did when he was interviewing Foucault. If you want to know more about Eppstein, you should go to Joichi Ito.