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Because those exercises are by definition rabbitholes. If JSTOR had failed their negotiations with the Royal Society of London in '99 and subsequently faded in
by jmduke 13y ago
Because those exercises are by definition rabbitholes. If JSTOR had failed their negotiations with the Royal Society of London in '99 and subsequently faded into obscurity, Aaron might still be alive today, etc.
The idea that Aaron did something illegal and the idea that Aaron was treated incredibly poorly are not mutually exclusive.
- erikpukinskis 13y ago> Because those exercises are by definition rabbitholes What definition of what term makes that case for you? You seem to basically be denying the concept of causality entirely, which, fine: causality is a brittle concept. But we can still use it to help us reason around things. There are proximate causes and distal causes and all kinds of causes in between and beyond. These are messy, flawed concepts that are useful for trying to analyze systems. You act like you don't understand the distinction between the relationship between MIT and Aaron and the relationship between those negotiations and Aaron, but I am fairly certain you do.
- saraid216 13y agoYou're welcome to actually explain that distinction. Otherwise, it's just intuition.
- erikpukinskis 13y agoSure! There are of course many distinctions, but here is one I think is quite relevant: MIT made its decisions with the knowledge that Aaron was being prosecuted, and therefore were in a position to consciously influence the outcome of the case. JSTOR and the Royal Society in '99 did not, and therefore were not.