selfishgene

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by selfishgene 6y ago
Why don't social media companies ever deplatform university presidents, like Rafael Reif of MIT, who provide reputation laundering for brutal dictators like the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia or racketeers in the sex-trafficking busine
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by selfishgene 6y ago
Just to clarify, it sounds like his ideology is "rule by experts" only when the experts in office agree with the rest of his political ideology. When someone like Trump is in office who he doesn't like, then I presume that th
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by selfishgene 6y ago
Don't forget about Saudi Arabia! Their "Crown Prince" assassinates a dissident journalist by placing a plastic bag over his head to suffocate him while his fiance waits outside the embassy in her car. And leaders like preside
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by selfishgene 6y ago
Wasn't there an insurrection involved in the American Revolution? And just think, we celebrate that one every July 4! Sometimes working toward "the greater good of society" requires violence. Therefore the real issue here is
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by selfishgene 6y ago
The analog today would be Jeffrey Epstein judging a beauty pageant.
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by selfishgene 6y ago
"But when he went to the station, Mr. Matzneff had a talisman in his pocket: an article praising him by President François Mitterrand." Only difference in the case of pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was that he obtained his "thank-
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A Pedophile Writer Is on Trial. So Are the French Elites(nytimes.com)
2 points by selfishgene 6y ago|1 comments
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by selfishgene 6y ago
Fantastic idea! As someone who was just starting to slowly learn their way around the Chrome API, your timing couldn't be better either. Look forward to seeing what else gets implemented on your todo list.
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by selfishgene 6y ago
After the quality of care that I just received from one of America's top hospitals, I think we need to raise the standards for becoming a doctor quickly. When I have more time I'll be creating a blog about it. Medically unnecessar
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by selfishgene 6y ago
Many colleges and universities have replaced recently retired faculty with adjunct professors instead of tenured positions. Affirmative action in many STEM-related fields continues to play an important role in the fewer number of tenure app
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by selfishgene 6y ago
https://yalantis.com/blog/whats-wrong-telegram-open-api/
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by selfishgene 6y ago
https://yalantis.com/blog/whats-wrong-telegram-open-api/
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by selfishgene 6y ago
What are the best alternatives at this point to Brave?
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by selfishgene 6y ago
>Always nice if an article focusing on one concept, e.g. “science”, actually defines the term to know if the author intends to include by reference, for example, "the dismal science"
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by selfishgene 6y ago
You're not getting downvoted by me!
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by selfishgene 6y ago
Mr. Reif allegedly was promoted to president of MIT for his role as then-provost of MIT in covering up a several hundred million dollar fraud in missile defense research at MIT Lincoln Laboratory, which some observers believe led Susan Hock
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by selfishgene 6y ago
Looks like he's enjoying paid leave right now as a free man: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/5/2/epstein-review-n... Axios is a reliable source for updates: https://www.axios.com&
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by selfishgene 6y ago
> We have a whole system for dealing with that. Worked pretty well in the case of Epstein, didn't it? That's why some of us are not going to shut up when it comes to holding Mr. Epstein's "enablers" accountable t
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MIT disciplining professor with ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein(masslive.com)
5 points by selfishgene 6y ago|0 comments
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by selfishgene 6y ago
I'll leave the "no strings attached" theory to the string theorists to work out. What I can't understand is why academics like Martin Nowak or Benedict Gross never recommended chemical or physiological castration to Mr.
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by selfishgene 6y ago
No, I am not saying that at all here. Given his complicity in Mr. Epstein's heinous crimes against humanity, Mr. Nowak now needs to start following a little of his own advice: donate all future research results to the world "anon
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by selfishgene 6y ago
Answer: taxpayer-funded online education instead of Wall Street-issued educational debt
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by selfishgene 6y ago
Always a bit disturbing to see an article applaud MIT for its efforts to open up access to scientific journals after what it did to Aaron Swartz. Wonder if Scientific American accepts "paid placement" for this type of self-serving
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by selfishgene 6y ago
What is most important to take into account here is that one of the authors of this paper is Martin Nowak. Martin Nowak is the same Harvard professor who invited a convicted child rapist by the name of Jeffrey Epstein onto the Harvard Unive
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by selfishgene 6y ago
A speeding ticket or a disorderly conduct charge is very different from aiding and abetting sex-trafficking of minors. Epstein was facing a life sentence in federal prison and forfeiture of an estimated $500 million estate for his crimes if
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by selfishgene 6y ago
Mr. Nowak is no Isaac Newton ... not even close! The best way to cancel a person like Nowak is to cite his work by replacing his name with initials only ... after firing him of course and denying him future funding. Personally I don't
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by selfishgene 6y ago
At the heart of the Epstein matter is the corruption of the legal process to subjugate a class of persons who is viewed as "less worthy" by denying them basic human rights. In the case of the Third Reich, it was jews, gypsies, etc
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by selfishgene 6y ago
Bingo!
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by selfishgene 6y ago
I agree with your points, except your reluctance to compare this on any level with the Third Reich. While of course the nature and the extent of the crimes committed differ drastically from one another, there is still an interesting compari
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by selfishgene 6y ago
Of course he does. Newspapers around the world are trying to hold these universities to account for what happened here. The anonymous donations issue is a HUGE part of this. Trust me. https://www.vox.com/the-goods/201

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