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He had students. The idea that the university thought they could suddenly pretend he never existed, and this would not become news, is not plausible.
by stevage 2y ago
He had students. The idea that the university thought they could suddenly pretend he never existed, and this would not become news, is not plausible.
- endominus 2y agoOne thing the Streisand effect illuminates is a certain type of person is not fully able to model the consequences of trying to keep information secret. It's absolutely plausible that someone in the university administration actually believed that they could tell the FBI "please keep this secret in order to protect our reputation" and that their request would outweight the agency's other duties. There exist people that are that self-important.
- lolinder 2y agoYou're assuming that the hypothetical university personnel responsible for the cleanup of the mess thought the whole thing through clearly and weren't in hardcore firefighting mode and reacting in ways that would seem to make sense at the time but didn't take all the facts into account. I see no reason to assume that level of intentionality.